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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]K is about learning to read, write and do basic math.[/quote]

Until a decade ago, this was first grade.  K was to get the kids ready.  Sure, some learned to do that, but they learned it through play.  K should also help to develop a love of school.  That is sure changing.[/quote]

Yep... because the world is rapidly changing.[/quote]

That doesn't actually make sense. The world may be "rapidly changing," if you mean that factory jobs are gone, but children's brains aren't.[/quote]

Well, that's the point of contention, isn't it?  Are most kids' at this age able to learn do so, or did society decide a long time that it wasn't necessary for kids that young to learn to read/write at this age so they didn't teach it?

Since our society has changed from 50 yrs ago, we need to review the mindset that kids are not able to learn at this age.  In the upper SES areas, you will find [b]most [/b]kids are able to read/write at some level by end of K, so we find in that particular pocket, most kids are able to.  I know in the lower income SES there are a lot of kids that have a hard time learning it in K, but is it because they are not "developmentally ready", or because they don't have the support at home to do so?

You will find that even 10 yr olds who don't have a good support system at home or don't speak the language will have a harder time reading at a 4th/5th grade level.  Are their brains not ready to read at the level?  No, it's because of where they are coming from.[/quote]

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