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[quote=Anonymous]I don't have any experience with Goddard, but my kids are at an elementary school that draws heavily from Goddard and other pre-K programs that bill themselves as being for kids who are "academically advanced."

Here's the thing I will say from the perspective of someone with older elementary kids - none of that matters. Yes, maybe your child enters kindergarten already reading chapter books and doing two-digit addition, but they still need to wait for the other kids to learn those skills.

Then, once the other kids learn those skills, the kids with natural aptitude sometimes outpace the kids who were just well-prepared.

Basically, choose that model if you think it is right for your child but don't think you are doing them any favors or getting them ahead of their peers. At best, you are helping them learn some stuff a little early. At worst, you are setting them to be bored while the public school curriculum repeats those skills for kids who didn't have the benefit of expensive pre-K. [/quote]

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