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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I think many of us know that, and we know that there are social benefits to K. That being said, yes it is frustrating to think that my kid who not only knew the alphabet by age 2, reads at a first grade level, and has been in childcare his whole life and therefore knows the basics of circle time, etc... has to essentially put up and shut up for large portions of his day for at least the first quarter of the school year. Yes I know it, but doesn't mean I have to like the fact that large parts of his time will be review rather than gaining knowledge. 
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For your child's sake I hope you are trolling here. What precisely is the detriment to your child having to "review" letters, numbers, basic math and reading, at the ripe old age of 5yo? Is this holding back his application to Harvard?[/quote]

I'm not trolling, TBH.  And I expect fully to get slammed as you and the next poster already have.  Thing is, I don't think it's unreasonable to want my child to learn.  Whether he ends up at Harvard or the local community college, my point is that one of the huge challenges of public school is that the teacher does need to bring all kids to the same baseline which means unfortunately that some kids have to simply tread water while they wait for classmates to catch up.  In other words, some kids are learning while some are simply waiting.

Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised and he'll be challenged, but other threads over the years have indicated that I shouldn't expect that.  I'm not sure why it's unreasonable to hope that your child will be learning.[/quote]

I feel the same way.  My child will be 6 two weeks after starting K.  He had a year of an academic preschool with most of what is being learned in K except they did a very stretched out pre-reading and writing program.  My kid was reading and much more.  We do supplement at home as the speed of the classes are dull.  The homework was a joke and took 20 minutes where other kids struggled for an hour or two, if not more.  I sent in workbooks more his level which went unused.  We are doing 1st grade workbooks comfortably at home this summer.  Yes, part of K. is social, but I send my kid to learn, not to play.  He can play at home.  My kid will be in a holding pattern for another year while his peers catch up.  His teachers don't even fully realize how much he knows as he dumbs down as people get uncomfortable with it.  He'll tell them I don't know when he clearly knows and they do not pick up on his cues.[/quote]

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