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[quote=Anonymous]9:30 here.  To answer 10:30 and 18:59 's questions as to what's lacking- for one thing PHONICS, real decoding phonics.  K teaches mostly by sight words and guessing by looking at the pics.  I do think these have a place in education, but should be used to round out phonics not the main part of the curriculum.

Also, BASIC MATH FACTS to create a solid foundation without cracks here and there that end up needing constant reteaching.  A one month unit of addition and subtraction and then moving on to the next unit without making sure the facts are solid is absurd.

And lastly, CRITICAL THINKING skills.  They do not delve deep, the entire education is an inch wide and a mile long.  Scratching the surface on everything, the knowledge not solid along the way.  Thus the need to repeat everything learned in K all over again in 1st and 2nd.

As for what I do at home, not too much.  My kids learned their phonics and basic math facts before they went public school.  We read a lot of books and I ask them lots of thought provoking questions in order for them to learn critical thinking skills. We play lots of games that require critical thinking.

His homework is too easy so I might come up with ways to challenge him using the problems he has and changing them a bit.

My 2nd grader has been wanting to learn his multiplication facts since last year.  I told him when he could solve 3 and 4 digit addition/subtraction in his head we'll learn them. The numbers need to be solid and come to him easily, it's all about creating a solid foundation. He did and I gave him the okay to learn his multiplication tables at home in his spare time.

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