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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you are borrowing trouble.  You have a 5 or very young 6 year old who, with help from you and no instruction from school, is mastering manuscript on time.  It seems likely that in a school that offers structured handwriting instruction, and another 18 months of maturity (assuming they start in 2nd at the earliest), he will need a lot less help.  Even if he doesn't do a great job with it, it will only impact his grades in 3rd when grades literally do not matter at all.

I am confused about how you think this is going to lead to "more fighting about homework" when he hasn't had homework yet, and won't have it at the private school either.

Note: if the school is starting earlier because they are Montessori, know that Montessori rarely works for kids with ASD and ADHD. [/quote]OP again. They start cursive in Kinder and continue through 3rd. He’s starting a year into the sequence so thankfully only two more to go. I’m just disappointed in the lack of effective handwriting instruction we’ve seen at his previous preschool and public Kinder. They teach the letters as 26x2 separate formations when in reality there are just a handful of categories the letters fall into (see Handwriting without Tears). DS catches on quickly to patterns and it finally made it click after making no progress at school. I can only hope private will include logical pattern-based instruction.

Same with sight words. They teach them as 100 separate sight words when in fact many are decodable and even the ones that aren’t fall into categories (would, could, should).

Lastly, for clarification when I say it’s hard to get him to do hw I’m referring to after school supplementation. He really thrives in a group setting and it’s a constant dance to keep him engaged at home. The schools never send anything. [/quote]

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