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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with the teacher above.  Too many parents use the "bored" word to complain and the kids pick it up.  Few children are truly bored--they just want to do what they want to do.  Former teacher.[/quote]

Alright Former Teacher, can you give assurance that a child who is academically advanced, reading above K level will be engaged and enjoy K? [/quote]

How on earth can anyone assure you about this without knowing the school or teacher? Word calling doesn't make a child academically advanced.

Here's something to chew on: ADHD kids are rarely bored because they always have so many things to think about. The kids who are bored are the ones who lack the creativity and curiosity for intellectual exploration. No child should ever be bored in kindergarten.

The problem is this ignorant trend of trying to turn kindergartens into first grade, where children are more narrowly directed.  Or, yes , in first grade if you have a reader who has to sit and listen endlessly to beginning phonics, and is not allowed to read independently.  That could be boring. Very boring.  But no decent kindergarten should be boring. You want to develop real intellect? Go to a play based kindergarten. One with subtle structures that allow independence to develop along with a sense of responsibility.

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