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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know about CA buy many states have very lax tules about homeschooling. I just got a new student last week who was “homeschooled.” He is in 2nd grade and after assessing him, he knows 3 letters names and 2 sounds. He can’t recognize his name in print. He can rote count up to about 15 and doesn’t have consistent one-to-one correspondence when counting objects. He’s below the BOY kindergarten expectations. Homeschooling can just mean that the kids aren’t enrolled in a school. [/quote]

I know plenty of "public schooled" 4th graders who can't correctly spell Kindergarten sight words and don't know the difference between a noun and a verb.  According to fcps standards, those 4th gaders would be on grade level!  Just because homeschoolers may choose to focus on skills and abilities in a different order than some public school curriculums, doesn't mean the homeshooled child isn't learning.   Finland doesn't even start academic learning until age 7!   More than likely the skills that  the homeschooled child learned from being homeschooled will pay off much greater in time than whatever benefit comes from forcing 4 and 5 years olds to learn to read and perform symbolic math in K.[/quote]

“Played and watched stuff on their tablets” does not equal “may choose to focus on skills and abilities in a different order than the public school curriculum,” but good try.

P.S.  We’re not in Finland.[/quote]

I know we're not in Finland.  Finland ranks 1st and 2nd in math and reading scores.  The US ranks 33rd.  Maybe there's something to be learned from them anyway.[/quote]

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