Parent Risa Ebedes, who lives in Thornhill, Ont., seen here on April 3, 2020, said she has her three children, 8, 10 and 12, do worksheets for about half an hour a day, not because she’s concerned they would fall behind, but rather to occupy them while she’s making dinner.
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Increasingly, some teachers and education observers are raising questions about how much families need to sweat about homeschooling.
Associate Professor and math expert Tina Rapke, says “the worry is that a heavy focus at home on a particular way to do schoolwork will turn children off what they otherwise enjoy and that parents may try to mimic their experiences at school, but the way children learn in classrooms has changed.”
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