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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1964.  Ah, the days when childhood was carefree![/quote]

I'm diagnosing a case of nostalgia.[/quote]

Not OP, but I also went to K in 1964, and it was pretty darned carefree.  No reading instruction whatsoever, but I learned to read in 1st grade..
  
Flashforward to 1996, when my oldest went to K in a MoCo public school.  Pretty similar experience to mine, actually.

1999:  2nd child goes to K at same school with same teacher.
  
Me: Hey, what happened to the nature walks when the kids gathered leaves, glued them in their tree journals, traced and colored them and learned to identify which trees they came from?

Teacher: Yeah, that was fun, but we don't have time for that anymore.  The kids need to do their pre-reading worksheets.  BTW, I've been meaning to talk to you about my concerns re DS . . . .

DS also learned to read in 1st grade.

2002:  3rd child goes to K -- same school, different teacher

We're not in Kansas anymore.  Children assessed and tracked constantly.  DD is in lowest reading group; teacher very concerned -- shows us printout of DD's test scores, which are alarmingly (to teacher) low.  DH (who learned to read in 1st grade in ca. 1963) and I are not worried -- DD seems oblivious to test scores, likes school, makes friends easily, loves art, music and recess.

Child #3 learns to read in 1st grade.

Long-term results:  We all love to read.  Of the 4 of us who have applied to college, all were accepted at schools ranked in the top 10 by US News.  Our neighborhood school has had full-day K since 2007, I believe, and neighbors tell us that teachers and kids are stressed.  But, hey, kids are reading in K now, so that's gotta be progress, right?      [/quote]

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