Colouring in at her age for homework in anything is beyond ridiculous. At this stage, I would be writing a letter to the teaacher who assigned it, copied to the principal, saying that it's the cause of great stress to your DD because of the time it takes, and that because you can't see educational value commensurate with that time, she will not be doing such work in future. Maybe the other kids' low performance in group work is partly a sign that they too are suffering from this? At any rate, I bet you aren't the only parent feeling angry about this.

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