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[quote=Anonymous]I would have agreed with you a year ago but now that our DS is in K I can say I was wrong. DS came in reading at the top level in his class but he is absolutely NOT bored and loves going to school every day. Don't forget that the kids spend a lot of their day learning about social studies and science and they have "extras" every day like music and PE and all those activities are super fun for kids that age. 
There are a few other kids in his reading group and I have never heard them or their parents talk about being bored.
In fact, I think that not having to worry about the academics really helps them focus on social skills. These kids are very sweet about helping their teachers and classmates and while other kids may be thinking about basic words that start with I and A they are thinking about how to spell them and about all the different sounds I and A can make depending on where they are in a word, what other letters they are next to, etc.

I'm sure there are some kids that might be bored in this situation but I think they are really in the minority.

[quote=Anonymous]Well when a kid has been reading for a few years and their words for the week are I and A...the kid is both not engaged and bored.  When she can multiple and they are working on number recognition same applies.[/quote][/quote]

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