Is my son's teacher a little too involved?

I got this email from my son's teacher yesterday. My son is three.The teacher gives them homework with some written instructions, and then verbally gives them further instructions, and expects them to remember it when they get home. She gets annoyed when they don't do it properly. But this is pre-K, and some of the kids can barely remember their own names.​Greetings Parents,I wanted to go over the homework.  Some of your kids came home with the same homework as yesterday and that is because the instructions were to draw the lines in "crayons" and repeat 3 times in 3 different colors.  I go over the homework and instructions everyday.  When I question them, they do know what they need to do.Yesterday, I also told the kids that if the homework was done correctly following the instructions given, I would give them a reward dollar.  However, if the instructions were not followed I would take away a dollar.So, today I gave them the choice if they wanted to correct the homework, they could and they would earn their dollar back.I do not want the homework in "Markers" (unless I have instructed them to do so), any tracing, practicing lines or numbers are to be in colored pencils or crayons (rainbow colors, not black).  They can do it once in a #2 pencil and 2 x in crayons or colored pencils, for a total of 3 times.At this age, the kids need guidance when doing homework so that they do not do scribble-scrabble.  If you don't have the time or there is no one else to help with homework, I'd rather they don't do it and we can do it in class or they can do it the next day.  I know they all can do a great job, because I have re-done some of the work with the kids and it is completely different (no scribble-scrabble).  So, I know they can do it.In the future, if you can please have an adult or older sibling help them with their homework, so that they can understand what they are suppose to be doing and keep them from scribble-scrabbling the page.However, if you prefer for your child not to have any homework, please let me know and I will not give your child any homework.​Just to reiterate, he's THREE.All the parents received this e-mail, and needless to say a lot of them were pretty upset by itA couple of points:First of all, I am happy a our pre-k teacher is taking such an interest in our children. As I said to my wife, it would be far worse to have a teacher who didn't give a shit, handed the kids photocopied work sheets from the internet and didn't even check them.My son loses his favorite Spider-Man toy around 17 times a day, and comes crying to me asking me to find it for him. He is NOT going to remember specific written homework instructionsHe loves school and loves doing homework, which delights me. I am chuffed when he tries anything at all, whether its in marker or crayon or pasta sauceMy son has ZERO concept of money, so the reward of a dollar means nothing to him.Some of the parents aren't happy the children are being punished, by the dollar being taken away. The teacher tried to argue they weren't being punished, that this was simply an incentive. but giving something to a child and then taking it away can only be described as a punishment IMHOSome of the older kids were upset and told their parents about the worry of not getting their homework done correctly, and some parents think this is too stressful for themSome think the email seems a bit passive aggressive - ie 'if you don't have time to be a proper parent'... some of us have things like other kids and jobs to contend withI understand the teacher has older son herself (not in the class) but he was quite advanced intellectually at that age, which may be affecting her expectationsShe was the assistant teacher for the last few years, but took over this yearShe is very nice! The kids seems to like her, and she does seem genuinely interested in their progress​I'd love to get some opinions... would you be upset/annoyed if you received this email? Is she taking pre-K a little too serious? Or is this level of scrutiny ok for three year olds? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2Q3zCE4