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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was the kid who struggled with skip counting, well all math. My son was laying out Lincoln logs to show how multiplication worked when he was 4. He didn't call it multiplication, he just was goofing off with grouping the logs in piles and figuring out how you could get to the same number with different combos. We process information very differently. I was not ready for AAP in third grade, I think my child is. I did take, and pass, AP classes/exams and went on to earn a PhD. It took me longer to grasp and apply concepts then it takes my son at the same age but I turned out just fine. The vast majority of kids whose parents are involved and engaged will go on to do well regardless of language immersion, gen ed, or AAP.

There are some kids who are ready for deeper dives into material or who can move faster then others and there is nothing wrong with that. AAP is meant to challenge those kids, hopefully. Then there are kids who would be lost in those classes and feel frustrated and fall behind. Asking Teachers to try and differentiate across the wide spectrum of kids abilities at this age is not going to help the kids or the Teachers. Heck, there are people who complain that there is not enough differentiation in AAP and that their kids are doing worksheets and working on computers while other kids are working with the teacher all the time.
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How and at when did you accelerate and move ahead? which teachers helped you with that? do you have any suggestions on a good model for that?

You make a good point of ensuring that kids are not struggling with any curriculum.  But, presently open enrollment in honors in middle school is having many teachers manage classrooms with 2-4 years of knowledge gaps in the same large group of students, as parents want honors enrollment for many kids.  So it seems that supporting kids early in elementary school with a good academic program and basic concepts can prevent the same problems of stuggling kids and overwhelmed teachers further ahead. [/quote]

I think you're trying to have the schools address a situation that they cannot adequately address.

While social environment is a factor, most of what causes a kid to learn at a certain pace has to with how his or her brain is wired.  No academic program is going to change that.[/quote]

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