Homework

"Travel stories teach geography; insect stories lead the child into natural science; and so on.  ...and the moment they have been thus started, they can go on to any limit guided by the single passion for reading." Maria Montessori

Our goal is to ensure homework is meaningful, family friendly, age-appropriate and inspires a love of learning in all students. Reading will be the focus for all at home work for students across Placentino.  Students can be read to, read independently, or share their reading with another family member (or pet, or stuffed animal). We hope that the love of a story will spark conversations and promote storytelling. In our review of the research on the impact of homework on student learning for our age group, the most beneficial activity at the early education level is reading or being read to.