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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an October kid who started K- DC is reading at 2nd grade - math at 1st grade (not sure about this one- could be more- the reading was assessed).. but there are a lot of skills learned at K and social aspects.. we had no choice due to bday that dc would be turning 6 shortly after entering k but it'll work out- if this above grade level performance remains- then dc will be in whatever the program for advanced kids will be in 2nd grade (or 3rd?  not sure since we're not there yet).

We did consider private due to concerns like OP and frankly it seems like the curriculum is the same at this level- there is no compelling reason to go private .. every school differentiates at most for K.. which our public school does and I know dc is in a group of advanced readers (dc told me but teacher told me dc was one of 4 that are reading books).

Basically, I wouldn't worry about it - dc is advancing outside of school but that's what dc did in preschool too.. just really curious.. must be dh's genes since dc has that jeopardy like skills that i hope for dc's sake stay.. we'll see.. [/quote]

Op here, yes exactly, thanks for sharing. I keep hearing about going private to transfer into public 1st but we haven't decided.[/quote]

OP- pp here- you'll do your own conclusion but private wasn't that advanced at K level that we just dropped everything- to put dc there for some advantage- plus if you read the boards a bit- some kids start off really strong and then can fall back to middle of the pack.  My DC is at 2nd grade or so (for a K) but I'm not counting on this being the norm- who knows.  If you are concerned about being bored etc.- why not supplement with a program like e.nopi or kumon (we do enopi- long story but we got a discount and we had the summer to try it= dc loves it and actually the teacher did say that dc might get bored in k- i really wouldn't say it as bored- it's more challenged.. but again, they do a lot of things in K that are well worth it- consider what we did- that's it..  We were there a year ago and I went so many school tours but the PS teachers summarized it best- dc is advanced but dc's ES was very good- no need to go private given curriculum differences and that we could always go private anytime- so far, i think it's working really well- the half mondays gives us time to add other things to do).[/quote]

OP here, I am so glad to hear feedback on this, I have been scheduling tour after tour and with my english not being great, it is so stressful. You are the first to suggest enopi/kumon, what a great idea that I never thought of. [/quote]

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