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[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[b] “I’m not good at X” or “I’m terrible, it’s awful”. I[/b] 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]

well he probably has heard that from other kids in the class - it happens. They pick up stuff. Its not a controlled environment like preschool is. But it might also be true. There are skills they teach in K that he might not have mastered yet and he is struggling to pick them up. These could be academic or practical. Handwriting, scissor control, drawing, sitting still, science and social studies concepts, phonics, etc.

And how do you know your kid is doing 3rd grade math? First, those test scores they provide aren't exactly something to go by. You will learn that the grade level expectation is very, very low. so 3rd grade math grade level expectation can be addition. Not kidding either on this. So be careful before thinking your kid is a genius. And as others said its not reasonable that the K teacher just teach your kid 3rd grade math.

If you feel he is falling farther behind there are some really simple things to do at home. Show him how to measure with a ruler. Help him understand that 12 inches = 1 foot. Help him use a tape measure and compare measurements. Same thing with volume - pints, quarts, etc. Help him learn to read a clock. Right down random numbers like 58, 104, 81 and ask him to identify them in isolation. 
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