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[quote=Anonymous]DD started school in Europe in a game-based environment. (I wouldn't call it play-based, it is quite carefully planned.). When we moved back to US she went into 1st grade.  She was placed in the lowest reading group (she was never explicitly taught reading there).

The school basically treated her as if she were behind.  Until that is, she took her first standardized test, in I think it was second grade, or maybe third.  She got 99s all the way across.  I went in to have a chat with her teacher about her placement.  Fortunately, I had the test results, which put the teacher on the defensive.  She switched her to the highest reading and math groups.  (She had little choice) DD has never looked back. The academic awards started pouring in.
She now has a realistic shot at the top colleges and we attribute it to her early ed.

Our other child, a few years older, missed the early ed in Europe, and had a middling high school career.

Needless to say, we are big believers in the game/play-based early ed model![/quote]

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