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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s a great idea, OP.  I am frustrated with public school.  My kids spend so much time there, and so much of it seems wasted.  
If by fifth grade you can teach your kids to read non-fiction, fiction, and poetry with good comprehension, write legibly with excellent grammar and clear ideas, have a good understanding of the underlying concepts of math, taught memorization of math facts and short passages from books, and gone over some history and geography, then your kids will be miles ahead of my kids in an “excellent” public school. 
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Interesting, my DS had a "research project" in kindergarten. With the help of his teacher, he research the okapi (his favorite animal from a visit to the San Diego Zoo), and wrote three facts about the okapi. He still discusses those facts, and others he didn't write down, today. His first grade class is working in writing a non-fiction book using what they are learning in their science lessons. His hand writing is improving, the teachers are very focused on sentence structure, capitalization, and punctuation in all of his writing. His current homework assignment is to read a book and write a letter to his teacher telling her about the book. It has to be 3 sentences long, include the book title and something that he likes about the book.

So, yeah, I am not getting all the school bashing. I understand that not all schools are equal but I would say that my DS is being exposed to a good amount of interesting work in first grade. We supplement at home, he has completed the Virginia Reads program with his school,  we read to him every night, he has a work book he uses during the summer and over breaks at home, we encourage drawing and arts and crafts at home, we go to museums.

Could he move more quickly? Probably. Is it necessary? No. Would I leave my job and pull him out of school with his friends? No.

And my kid is pretty much at your bench mark in first grade. [/quote]

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