Hiya, not quite sure how old 4th grade is ... 9 or 10? Sorry, I'm in the UK and it's different here! That does sound like a lot of work - as you get on with the teachers, I'd be tempted to speak to them, definitely if you feel it's impacting on those other really important activities (particularly the playing one!). I'm a teacher (of kids 11 and up) and I know it can be hard to estimate how long somethings going to take, particularly when the little perfectionists get going. Some of my sixth-formers (16-18 year olds) were told that they should be doing 40 hours of school work per week ... and a part time job would be character building ... oh, and they should do extra-curricular activities ... is sleep supposed to be optional?! Needless to say, I don't think many of my students did all that!
I've got a feeling I'm going to be a very difficult parent to my girls' teachers when they start school!
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