I think drawing symbols on the drawings work, but she does have to illustrate the weekly poem. Illustrate means more than quick symbolic figures.
Then there was this thing, My Community. She had to draw a picture of our family working together and then write about what she drew. For a 1st grader, that takes a little time. The math sheets are quick. But this stuff is time consuming. Not hours, but vital downtime she needs after a day of school and afterschool stuff.
Chinese homework is about 20 minutes, though we should do it 2X a week, as it is a language.
We shall see this week what the museum gives her for homework from the science program. It starts this week.
Ren
