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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading is a blind spot for me. I taught myself to read a few years before school so I was given different work while other kids learned to read. I thought kids learned in first or second grade, definitely not kindergarten, but I never had the same work as my peers in English then so I really don’t know.  If I had been aware that kids are expected to read by 1st grade, I would have just taught him before K.  They should make this clear to parents. Honestly, I don’t understand the work I see coming home from school as being an effective way to teach reading. DS doesn’t seem to have issues in math.

Thanks for the reading input, I’ll work on it and see where we are at the end of the year and then reassess.

In terms on “skills for immersion”, I agree that Japanese is a difficult language. The three alphabets are unique to that language. If it was not Japanese, I would put him in. Many of the other languages start in K and it’s not like they know who’s a self starter at that time. Nevermind the kids who go to school not speaking English and get “immersed” that way. [/quote]

JI Mom here. Yes, Japanese is challenging but the schools who have the program have had success teaching it. They break things down into decent sized chunks. The alphabets are taught over a period of years, not weeks. They have been running this program for a long time and have had many successful students. Also, the number of immersion programs in my area, FCPS, start in 1rst grade, only a few start in K. Sign up for the lottery and give it a go. You can change programs if you need to. Especially if the program is at your base school. I would be more cautious if I was going to need my child to change schools if they left the program. [/quote]

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