trying to be a relaxed mom of a Kindergardener.....
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| I guess my feeling though is why have the race to nowhere later on when they could be doing more the first several years so that they wouldn't need to race later on and feel overly burdened? Why the mad rush in middle and high school to have all these children engulf all this information when they could have been learning more during their early elementary years? I don't want to make elementary overly burdensome either, but I don't want to let them coast and think school is breezy only to have them lurch into high gear later on and hate school as a result. My ideal school has many challenging activities every year while also allowing for a decent recess and enrichment activities. |
Anonymous
| OP, what school is this? My DC is reading chapter books in K in FCPS. They are supposed to differentiate. |
Anonymous
Is your DC reading on their own during free reading time (not sure the official name of that part of the day). My DC can read whatever she wants during that time, but as far as organized reading groups at her level or weekly pull outs, that didn't happen for 2 or 3 months into K. |
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Your kindergartner is reading chapter books 2 months into the school year? Wow, you are an exceptional parent and your kid will probably win the Nobel Prize.
Just because a kid is "ahead" 2 months into kindergarten doesn't mean jack-@#$% in 5 years when it really matters. FWIW: My DC just completed his first space mission and he's only 2.5. |
Anonymous
| PP. No one is talking about AAP or future careers. All I read was that there is little teaching beyond the standard curriculum level in K and even in 1st and 2nd. In other words, little differentiation at many schools in FCPS. Parents should know this. Get defensive much? |
Anonymous
No one is talking about AAP? That's funny, this person seems to be. Defensive? About what? I was simply making a sarcastic comment as to the tendency of DCUM posters wanting their parent-proclaimed "genius" children to get special/additional teaching. Two months into kindergarten should have the kids focused on socialization, learning the processes of school, and learning how exciting and fun school is. Chill out about your kindergartener being so "advanced." That's like saying one team is "winning" when you are 5 minutes into the football game. |
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I didn't say it did matter. Just letting OP know that there are many others are ahead and good VA schools will accommodate them. I agree that social skills are more important. Maybe you should have learned that 
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and so says the person using the sinister face. |
Anonymous
| 15:14. The parents in Montgomery County without AAP are complaining about Curriculum 2.0 the same was as OP. If there was no AAP program eventually, would you still think it was ok that K-2 students go to school and learn little in a subject all year long? |
Anonymous
This thread is so funny. It just shows you that there r parents who r so relaxed abt education and are fine/relaxed with our educational system and there r those who r so passionate and involved. With such varying styles of parenting, this is no doubt a very frustrating topic ESP for those that are passionate and involved with their child's education. Just do the best you can. The public school system is a very tough nut to crack. If you can't afford private school or can't homeschool then the options r limited. You can supplement but it is hard when the kids are at school for 7hrs already...whether it is a quality 7 hrs or not  .
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Anonymous
| 6 years into FCPS and I have learned that the squeaky wheel DOES get oiled. I am a heli-mom and wear that badge with honor. I have an off again on again relationship with the administration, but LOVE the teachers. I know my child's rights and my rights, I try to stay well-informed. It isn't about AAP, it is about being a parent and a darn good one! |
Anonymous
| Right on mama. I agree but doing your best is relative. I hv the means to be the best mom possible because I hv help and my children's father also helps a great deal. What does this mean? It means that I hv the time and energy to focus on my girls from an educational and life skills standpoint. I hv time to be forward thinking and be prepared. With that being said, I don't think I would hv the time let alone energy to do all of that effectively if I was doing all the cooking cleaning and so forth. It helps to hv a support system because we r not robots. We r human. I hv many friends who are seriously supermoms and they ask me how I find the energy to be so proactive with the kids in teaching them. I tell them that the key reason I can is because I hv the time, which is a foreign concept to them because when they do hv time to spare from being in mom mode, they r usually making target or grocery runs. And outside of that they just want to pass out from the day. Every situation is different. In the end, we are all doing our best. |
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What does hv stand for? |
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u dun no? h8 that. 
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