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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 454316" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Janet we have the same types of programs here as well. There is NO reason any child here should not be ready for kindergarden, except for parental neglect, period. They even provide transportation. </p><p></p><p>And our school teaches accordingly. They start learning to read before xmas. The first few weeks are merely a review of what used to be considered kindergarden material, then it progresses on into much of what was first grade material. By xmas they are supposed to master writing numbers backward and forward to 100. After that they start math skills. I know this for sure because I watched Darrin a lot while he was in kindergarden and was amazed at how much they expected him to already know. For him it was fine, he'd attended 2 yrs of preschool. </p><p></p><p>This is what worries me with Evan. I'm pretty sure he can learn it. He was doing ok with me on counting and colors the few times I've been able to work with him, it just didn't stick because katie won't keep it going. I'm just worried he's not going to pick up on it fast enough to keep anywhere near his peers. And I've watched her "helping" them with homework at home......trust me, at home he's basically scr*wed. She's not going to be reinforcing it there. </p><p></p><p>Katie said he did ok, except he evidently threw a major tantrum to the point where his teacher had to hunt down Kayla's class to prove to him she was indeed in the same school just in a different room. She thought that was funny, me not so much. She said he made a friend to play with but it was a battle to get him back onto the bus this morning. But I figured that would be the case, this is a HUGE change for him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 454316, member: 84"] Janet we have the same types of programs here as well. There is NO reason any child here should not be ready for kindergarden, except for parental neglect, period. They even provide transportation. And our school teaches accordingly. They start learning to read before xmas. The first few weeks are merely a review of what used to be considered kindergarden material, then it progresses on into much of what was first grade material. By xmas they are supposed to master writing numbers backward and forward to 100. After that they start math skills. I know this for sure because I watched Darrin a lot while he was in kindergarden and was amazed at how much they expected him to already know. For him it was fine, he'd attended 2 yrs of preschool. This is what worries me with Evan. I'm pretty sure he can learn it. He was doing ok with me on counting and colors the few times I've been able to work with him, it just didn't stick because katie won't keep it going. I'm just worried he's not going to pick up on it fast enough to keep anywhere near his peers. And I've watched her "helping" them with homework at home......trust me, at home he's basically scr*wed. She's not going to be reinforcing it there. Katie said he did ok, except he evidently threw a major tantrum to the point where his teacher had to hunt down Kayla's class to prove to him she was indeed in the same school just in a different room. She thought that was funny, me not so much. She said he made a friend to play with but it was a battle to get him back onto the bus this morning. But I figured that would be the case, this is a HUGE change for him. [/QUOTE]
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