This is a good argument for private - teaching reading

[Anonymous]

My kid is in public K and we are having the exact same experience as you, OP. No real reading prep before K, no sounding out cvc and even more complex words. They work on phonics daily and are learning things like how an -e at the end of a word changes the sound of the earlier value, ch/th/sh, and even more complex endings like -ing and -tion. I've been amazed.

As long as the school and your teacher understands and supports actual science of reading, there's no reason public schools can't do this. It's not a secret, it's just that a bunch of educators have bought into a theory of reading that doesn't work. Thankfully it's losing popularity but I think there are public and private schools that have bought into it and those kids have suffered, unfortunately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
OP child is technically lagging behind as some parents and preschools work with their kids on reading and they are fully reading prior to K. Our preschool worked on academics starting at age 4.

Which preschool is this ? I am looking for a strong preschool as is described. Thanks !

[Anonymous]

So many private schools are still using Lucy Calkin’s workshop models. There are no guarantees for public or private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many private schools are still using Lucy Calkin’s workshop models. There are no guarantees for public or private.

Not the Catholic schools. This is why the idea of using tried and true teaching methods is best. I wouldn't have it any other way for my kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP child is technically lagging behind as some parents and preschools work with their kids on reading and they are fully reading prior to K. Our preschool worked on academics starting at age 4.

Which preschool is this ? I am looking for a strong preschool as is described. Thanks !

Get those kids used to the treadmill early!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is in public K and we are having the exact same experience as you, OP. No real reading prep before K, no sounding out cvc and even more complex words. They work on phonics daily and are learning things like how an -e at the end of a word changes the sound of the earlier value, ch/th/sh, and even more complex endings like -ing and -tion. I've been amazed.

As long as the school and your teacher understands and supports actual science of reading, there's no reason public schools can't do this. It's not a secret, it's just that a bunch of educators have bought into a theory of reading that doesn't work. Thankfully it's losing popularity but I think there are public and private schools that have bought into it and those kids have suffered, unfortunately.

Indeed, public schools DO. DCPS uses a phonics-based curriculum, for example. Generalizing "public" and "private" is just silly.

[Anonymous]

Back in the day, kids did not have to read until first grade, now it is kindergarten. Both my kids read before K and went all through public, and we had friends who went all through private, didn't read until later. Guess what? they all catch up and can read. Obviously, each kid is different and learn at a different pace.

[Anonymous]

I was an aide in public K in NWDC. Every single kid knew the sounds of the letters. Only 3 needed more help. By February, all but the 3 were reading and writing based on sounds. The 3 had made considerable progress.
I went to school in of the best school systems in Europe and can't imagine there are K'ers who can do much better than that.

[Anonymous]

2 data points?!?

OP, this is ridiculous! Imagine if we made vaccine decisions with 2 data points and chose the 2 people closest to us to study.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Back in the day, kids did not have to read until first grade, now it is kindergarten. Both my kids read before K and went all through public, and we had friends who went all through private, didn't read until later. Guess what? they all catch up and can read. Obviously, each kid is different and learn at a different pace.

+1
Anytime between 4 and 7 is normal and isn't correlated with intelligence. In the UK the kids learn to read at 4 in the school. By they time they are 15 the UK kids take their place in the middle of the pack with the US according to the PISA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_Student_Assessment

[Anonymous]

Kids learn at all different rates—comparing two kids post K really isn’t indicative of anything. It will take until 4-6th grade to really determine reading prowess. Reading at the younger ages is largely influenced by how much the child gets exposure to reading at home not just school curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Regardless of where they go to school, let’s all just be glad OP’s kids are in school and not being homeschooled by OP given OP’s poor grasp of basic concepts.

[Anonymous]

My 1st grade kid goes to top 5 private. Her best friend (same age) has been at DCPS since PK3. DCPS kids has been reading fluently and very difficult books since end of PK3. She’s easily 2 grace levels above my kid. No way you can compare from two data points. Just silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP child is technically lagging behind as some parents and preschools work with their kids on reading and they are fully reading prior to K. Our preschool worked on academics starting at age 4.

Which preschool is this ? I am looking for a strong preschool as is described. Thanks !

Sadly all the good staff left years ago, which is one reason we left a year early. But, work with your kids at home. We did workbooks and worked on reading. Our kids just got lucky and naturally picked up reading (or maybe it was all the work we did). Lots of fun videos and learning apps too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP child is technically lagging behind as some parents and preschools work with their kids on reading and they are fully reading prior to K. Our preschool worked on academics starting at age 4.

Which preschool is this ? I am looking for a strong preschool as is described. Thanks !

Get those kids used to the treadmill early!

If your kids are reading before K, it very much makes life easier for everyone, especially your kids. And, if they aren't reading by end of K, you know you need to get your kid more help regardless of public or private.