You can't make that part of their brains develop any faster or slower. It will develop at it's own pace.
At age 6 there should be a binder or folder or planner that goes between the parents and teacher every day that contains homework information, field trip notices and the like, and a behavior report.
The charter school didn't have that in place last year and I brought it up about a million times - this year it's in place. Yay for planners! As the kids get older the teachers have them write in it more and more, and hopefully by middle school the kids basically handle the planner all on their own.
I just don't think it's fair to expect elementary school aged kids to remember everything on their own. I can't remember squat and I'm 33! I have to put everything down in my phone. They need someone to teach them about writing down information on a regular basis.
