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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Other people are trying to gaslight you. Truth is that kindergarten just isn’t fun anymore. Too many different skill sets in one classroom means no one really gets to learn. My kids enjoyed preschool so so much. I watched the joy completely disappear when they entered kindergarten. No more arts and crafts and just mostly computers. My kids knew how to read already but weren’t encouraged and no one really cared to have anything interesting for them. Focus was just on tutoring the kids who were behind. Which in my mind should happen after school, summer school or pullouts. [/quote]

I don’t think anyone’s doing any deliberate gaslighting, but as someone with a 6th grader and 2nd grader who went through the same school for K and 1, I agree the early elementary grades are not as fun as they used to be. Our experience was that the school was doubling down on math/reading/writing in order to help kids who’s fallen behind. Although this may help get some kids up to speed, it’s a pretty joyless experience for kids who are not behind, and esp silky those who are ready to do more and need more challenge. Since they are spending so much time forced to do the same basic work, they are losing both more fun free play opportunities and also losing opportunities to do more interesting math/reading work. It’s a challenging time. I would just recommend keeping an eye on things and checking in with your kid as the year progresses. [/quote]

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