Re: Homework
We have a 1st Grader at home and all he gets is 20 min of book reading and a poem here and poem there. Mostly mom who take care of reading (because I have a home office and I work late night) but if she is unavailable for some reason (cooking, her own studies etc), I read books with him.
In addition to the little home work that he gets, I print him match and English worksheets from internet and he is always looking forward to those sheets. We also have kept aside free time for him when he can do whatever he want to and 90% of the time he choose to paint/draw things and we totally encourage him in that.
After every 3/4 months, we mail the copies of his report card and his own drawings to Dada/Dadi - Nana/Nani (Pakistan). On his last birthday beside his present, dada also mailed him a book that he got printed in Pakistan composed of my son's drawing .....and my son always keep it handy to show off :)