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[quote=Anonymous]My child is struggling in a regular classroom setting right now in 1st grade.  I believe it's because she learns differently and is advanced beyond the current curriculum.  An example is when learning to read.  Many educators I know mentioned that kids start memorizing books before they can actually read.  My child never did this and at 3 (almost 4) was sounding out words in BOB/easy reader books.  Within 2 weeks, the week she turned 4 had memorized a stack of sight word cards and started reading BOB/easy readers in a choppy way - words clear but not fluent into sentences.  Within another 2 weeks she was reading with more fluency and could tell me about the story when she finished.  She did not learn to read the traditional way and since then has been reading books beyond her grade level.

On the other hand, I have a younger child who at 4 is still sounding out letters and barely putting letter sounds together.  Not necessarily behind, average for his age, but has memorized some books and thinks he is reading, but I know anything new is completely foreign to him.

This is just an example of how I think our oldest learns differently and it's become a struggle in school.  She does not want to complete any of her classroom work, but when challenged or interested in the material she goes to the extreme with an assignment.  She likes to learn more about each subject and they touch more surface level on each subject that she either already knows the material or she doesn't want to stop working on the material and digging deeper - which the teacher, understandably, doesn' t have time to do.  This is not boding well for her in 1st grade, but her recent NNAT score puts her in pool for AAP.

I think she would do well by a program focused on kids like her, but I don't think our youngest would.  [/quote]

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