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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kindergartener’s teacher is a babysitter as far as I am concerned. I asked about some academic things and how she would support him and she said “we won’t be covering that because that’s not developmentally appropriate in kindergarten”. Whether she think it’s appropriate or not, he’s doing 3rd grade math. We’re teaching him at home and he goes to school to play.

Besides my child stagnating for a year in math and reading skills, he’s also gone from being super curious and having the growth mindset attitude that he can do anything if he tries and practices to suddenly giving up with the slightest frustration and saying things like “I’m not good at X” or “I’m terrible, it’s awful”. I would not have pinned that wording on the teacher except that a mom at sports practice mentioned her son in the same class, but a different table, suddenly saying the same thing and also that he’a a “bad kid”.

I’m sending my husband to talk to her instead this time. I don’t want to even look at her. My older child also had a first year teacher for kindergarten, but she was much better. [/quote]

Why would you expect a kindergarten teacher to be supporting your child's 3rd grade level math?  That's not a reasonable expectation at ALL.
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+1 a 5-6 year old isn’t stagnating. 🙄 Kindergarten is an important time for social emotional growth. Maybe chill in the “enrichment” and let your kid be a kid[/quote]
Can’t help but wonder if the poor kid is giving up on things and thinking he can’t do things because he’s expected to do third grade math at home.[/quote]

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