My 4yo DS is at preschool, he's due to start school full time in September. He gets homework once a week, usually 2 sheets of tracing letters, colouring picture, circling the correct number etc. He gets 2 books, one for me to read to him, one for him to read to me, he reads to the teacher once a week and swaps his book. He also has had the alphabet to learn, which he has, phonetically (sp?!) and the 'normal' way, so he has progressed onto 'bear' words (a selection of words on flashcards), which he does with the teacher once a week and at home with me. I've just had a look in his folder and he's now been given the 3rd set of bear words, which is great, it means he's learnt the first two sets, but I can't help feeling a bit.... too much too soon? Shouldn't he just be having fun and making friends at preschool? Or is this normal?