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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the PP who sent their child to KTS for K-1, did your child learn the basics of reading, writing and math? I feel like if KTS can do that while delivering the social/emotional, I would feel much better.  I know every child is unique... Just wanted your take on it. Thank you for posting![/quote]

Our child was reading/writing very early, well before pre-K, so we may not have much useful info there.  They did help with the areas that needed it -- vocabulary, comprehension, etc. Some of the vocabulary work was particularly useful.  We thought math instruction was fine, though again, in pre-K and K rather than 1st grade, where there was too much backward review for our tastes because DC was a 1st grader in a K-1 grouping.

Had our child switched after K we would have been completely confident that they'd be coming over in a strong academic position.  We marked time in 1st grade a little bit, but not so much that transitioning was an issue.  We can't do anything about the past, so looking back we tell ourselves that 1st grade year was valuable for social skills work, which it was though honestly, we might have done just as well to make the jump after K.

Based on our experience I would have no hesitation about recommending pre-K and K taking academics fully into account, though of course the peer group always changes and the teachers we had for those grades are no longer there.[/quote]

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