Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:She's 4.5 - calm down. The majority of children don't recognize their letters at this age and MANY parents overstate their children's abilities. If she still isn't recognizing her letters by the end of kindergarten then there's reason to be concerned.
Sincerely,
A pre-school teacher
Not in our school, my son's pre-k teacher said the whole room is reading.
Yeah I have trouble believing that most kids don't recognize letters at this age.
I find it very hard to beleive that an entire pre-k class is already reading. My son is 4.5 and I only know a handful of kids who can already read.
At the same time I also find it hard to believe the pre- k teacher who says the majority of kids don't recognize their letters at this age.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:She's 4.5 - calm down. The majority of children don't recognize their letters at this age and MANY parents overstate their children's abilities. If she still isn't recognizing her letters by the end of kindergarten then there's reason to be concerned.
Sincerely,
A pre-school teacher
Not in our school, my son's pre-k teacher said the whole room is reading.
Yeah I have trouble believing that most kids don't recognize letters at this age.
I find it very hard to beleive that an entire pre-k class is already reading. My son is 4.5 and I only know a handful of kids who can already read.
At the same time I also find it hard to believe the pre- k teacher who says the majority of kids don't recognize their letters at this age.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:She's 4.5 - calm down. The majority of children don't recognize their letters at this age and MANY parents overstate their children's abilities. If she still isn't recognizing her letters by the end of kindergarten then there's reason to be concerned.
Sincerely,
A pre-school teacher
Not in our school, my son's pre-k teacher said the whole room is reading.
Yeah I have trouble believing that most kids don't recognize letters at this age.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:First of all, your friends say that their kids can read. I kind of doubt that. Sounding out CVC words like cat isn't reading. Also, your child doesn't actually have a need to be reading when she has another year of preschool. Now if she was starting kindergarten this fall, I would say that maybe it is time for you to work with her. Get that annoying as hell Leap Frog Fridge Phonics thing. Get some of those Leap Frog DVDs from the library. Or maybe Meet the Letters. Don't stress her out about this. Also, get some bathtub letters too.
Here is why i am worried--she could have been starting Kindergarten this Fall if it were not for some arbitrary cut off date and if that were the case, she would not be ready. She's also fairly shy and not assertive so I am very worried about what Kindergarten is going to hold for her. So happy for her October birthday at this point. And we have all those toys--except not the DVDs (I'll check them out) but she's not into them. She likes to trace letters in her workbooks but she's not totally getting it. She's also very aware that she doesn't know them and I dont want her self esteem to plumet because of it so i try not to make it an issue. It's only on DCUM where i freak out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:She's 4.5 - calm down. The majority of children don't recognize their letters at this age and MANY parents overstate their children's abilities. If she still isn't recognizing her letters by the end of kindergarten then there's reason to be concerned.
Sincerely,
A pre-school teacher
Not in our school, my son's pre-k teacher said the whole room is reading.