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[quote=Anonymous]I'm French and in France children learn pre-reading skills in preschool (ecole maternelle) and reading in 1st grade (cours preparatoire, or CP). Reading in French is harder in my opinion than reading in English.

I do not know the French Maternelle in this area (my children learn French at home), but I am highly skeptical that they would force actual reading on a 3 year old! It simply does not work that way. The few 3 year olds who are ready to learn will learn (my DD is one of those) but the majority will just not get it (my DS would have been in that category).

Most likely the school is emphasizing PRE-reading skills, like sounding out different individual letters and then, at a more advanced level, uniquely French phonemes like "eau", "ei", "oe", etc.

I am fine with that, and indeed sending my DD to a Montessori school which carries the same emphasis, but in English. That is developmentally appropriate. They will also learn to write, count using manipulatives and take care of their environment.

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