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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] In private elementary, your kid will learn body parts, colors, some (limited) items in a house, and how to count to 100.  Much of it is repeated from year to year. [/quote]

Totally depends on the private.   I was pleasantly surprised at how much French my DC learned in lower school at GDS -- and that they were writing paragraphs and short essays, as well as speaking and reading.  The French teachers also say that the kids' accents have improved dramatically since they bumped foreign language instruction down to 3rd grade.

I agree that if your kid drops a particular language before middle school (and has no regular occasion to us it outside of school), s/he doesn't get much out of that early instruction.  OTOH, if a kid sticks with the language, I think it's a real benefit to have started early, both in terms of pronunciation and sheer amount of time/exposure.  Most kids I know that took 4 years of a foreign language in HS (vs. elementary school), didn't end up having any use for it if they stopped there. [/quote]

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