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I think many of us know that, and we know that there are social benefits to K.  That being said, yes it is frustrating to think that my kid who not only knew the alphabet by age 2, reads at a first grade level, and has been in childcare his whole life and therefore knows the basics of circle time, etc... has to essentially put up and shut up for large portions of his day for at least the first quarter of the school year.  Yes I know it, but doesn't mean I have to like the fact that large parts of his time will be review rather than gaining knowledge.

According to our school the K teachers send home a weekly or bi-weekly update newsletter so I won't have to rely on him to tell me.
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I guarantee that even your kindergartener, who knew the alphabet by age 2, reads at a first-grade level, and knows the basics of circle time etc., will learn plenty in kindergarten.[/quote]

Like what, specifically? My DD said she loved K because she never had to do any real "work" it was all just fun and games. And yes, she was reading and writing before she got there. Her numbers weren't up to 100 yet, and she did learn some math, I concede that, but otherwise, no a lot happened for her in academic terms. In social terms she had already had 3 years of preschool so socially she was already in full swing.

When she went into a private school for 1st grade they realized very quickly that she was too advanced for the class and they put her into 2nd grade where she finally hit her stride academically.

Unfortunately you can't just trot out that everyone learns something unless you have a full account of everyone's experience. And not everyone learns much in K, indeed for many its a total fucking waste of time.[/quote]

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