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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We go to a title 1 school in California. My daughter is doing great, but I think most of her peers are behind. I think having a college educated mother has helped her. I'm thinking maybe a lot of women in nicer suburbs dropped out of college and are stay at home mom's with high earning husbands. As a single mom I knew I had to finish college to make it in the world.

I did notice my first grader didn't know what continents are or any other geography. The other day I saw my preschool report card (a private church Montessori around 1999) and they checked off all the continents I knew as well as some countries. I was also learning about 3-d shapes, just a lot of stuff my youngest isn't learning at his church preschool. I think the teachers are more overwhelmed because the cost of living is going up, and behavior is getting worse. [/quote]

Montessori teaches in grade level bands so Pre-K kids might be grouped with kindergarten and first grade so younger kids are exposed to more primary grade content.

My kid learned the continents in a song in 2nd grade.

Is there really a material difference in learning this at age 4 or 7? It's rote memorization. It's not this incredible display of rigor[/quote]

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