This teacher’s alternative summer “homework” is everything
Elementary school teacher Betsy Eggart felt guilty at first when a parent asked her if she’d be sending home a summer packet of work. But instead of asking parents to spend July and August reviewing times tables and sight words with their first-graders, what she did next was even better: She sent home a bunch of ideas on how to enjoy the summer and pick up some important life skills along the way.
Some of Mrs. Eggart’s suggestions were about nurturing independence, like teaching your kid to tie their own shoelaces and to eat nicely at the table. “Just make sure your child isn?t the one dragging their laces through the bathroom and cafeteria then asking the teacher to tie it,” she quips. Then she goes on to say, “Really watch your child. Is he sitting on his knees, mouth wide open, food everywhere" This is how he looks in the cafeteria. Work on that!” OK, Mrs. Eggart. Consider us schooled!
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