Hinton, M. (2018, November 27). Kindergarten Homework: Too Much Too Early? Retrieved February 13, 2019

Kindergarten has taken some getting used to for Walker Sheppard, who didn’t attend preschool or day care. Besides all the new rules to remember, there’s a new nightly routine: homework. “We spend anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour on it,” said Michael Sheppard, Walker’s dad. When the 5-year-old comes home every day, Sheppard said, his son is tired and not ready to sit down and figure out his assignments.