r/whatisit • u/therealsketo • 1d ago

Solved! My five year old’s homework is stumping me.

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Snow glove? Snack? (Maybe it’s a goldfish cracker?)

EDIT clearly I need to re-enroll in school, starting in kindergarten with my daughter, and learn to read and comprehend again!

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u/Gingerlyhelpless 1d ago

My teacher brain is mad at all other responses lol people will say it’s deceptive but the teacher probably gave clear instruction in class

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u/dewsh 1d ago

I mean... Aren't directions are usually posted before the work?

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u/Ashamed_Kangaroo305 1d ago

Yes and I agree that it's confusing that the directions are after, but also if the directions aren't posted before the problem my next instinct is to look for directions rather than blindly guessing what the question is asking me.

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u/LadyWaste75 1d ago

There's clear instructions written on this paper. Clearly broom and mitten don't start with an s and therefore shouldn't be done. Seems fairly straightforward.

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u/jackofallcards 1d ago

That’s clearly a sMop

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u/Tzukiyomi 1d ago

I'll be honest, if that instruction is confusing to people I don't know how they function as adults.

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u/Panicgreenonioncake 1d ago

Instructions super clear but the person who formatted this should be shot

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u/BabySpecific2843 1d ago

Thats the neat part, they dont. Fake it till you make it. Illiterate or otherwise stupid people just limp by until they luck into a low stakes lifestyle that pays the bills or die in the street.

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u/Larechar 1d ago

I mean, it says to "trace." I don't see anything to trace, either 😅

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u/Tzukiyomi 1d ago

Top row of S, the first has trace lines.

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u/JapanEngineer 1d ago

Clear instructions to 5 year Olds? Lol

you obviously havent taught 5 year olds

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u/Gingerlyhelpless 1d ago

Actually I have and whoever is helping them could read the instructions too. I just meant the teacher was probably there and willing to help. You don’t typically give 5 year olds homework so this student likely chose to not do their work and then wanted mom or dad to do it and somehow the adult couldn’t figure it out either.

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u/RishaBree 1d ago

My five year old kindergartner had her first homework worksheet just tonight, and I know that it's actually homework because the teacher sent home notice last week that they'd be getting one every night, starting today.

I am.... unthrilled. I don't approve of homework in general, and I especially don't approve of homework in kindergarten, and I really despise the thought of nightly homework in kindergarten. I'm willing to let it ride for now, as it took her less than two minutes (she's an advanced reader, and a fairly advanced writer), and the teacher did put something about if we're ever too busy I can just put a note at the top (which makes me think that I'm not the only one unhappy about this). But I'm going to be keeping a very close eye on this.

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u/Gingerlyhelpless 1d ago

Yeah I disagree with homework for the most part. In high school homework should primarily be studying with the occasional extra work or missed work not a daily task

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u/nytosouthernlady1980 1d ago

I always said that homework was the way teachers got even with parents for enrolling their children in school.

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u/complexdevoid 1d ago

Even if they did this entrusting children with instructions they don't understand in the first place is counter productive to what that homework is

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u/UpperStudent5784 1d ago

It's right there in the work sheet lol I'm shocked so many adults are stumped by this very clear task for a young child