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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hey All,

My DS is in kindergarten. He seems to be doing pretty well, mostly 3’s in school. I go over his worksheets with him and haven’t noticed any issues (except sight word memorization, trying to work on that at home). He can’t read yet, plan to work on this too. I had hoped to put him in Japanese immersion next year for 1st grade. When I touched base with his kindergarten teacher about it, she said she would not recommend him for the program because a) he’s not a self-starter, b) he tends to talk a lot and needs redirection, and 3) he spends too much time socializing at school. I’d like to try and work on this stuff rather than passing up on the program all together. I’ve reached out to some FCPS teachers on the tutoring list, but I’m not getting much availability. Any ideas on the best way to help him? [/quote]

I would think a kid who is naturally extroverted and talks a lot would do particularly well in immersion since they'd be motivated to try out the language which builds skills.

I think that you have a teacher who doesn't really get immersion, or thinks it's just for high performing kids.  If you want to work on solving the issues at school, I think maybe you should, although I'm not sure tutoring is the solution for those issues, but I don't think it should make you reconsider immersion.[/quote]

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