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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. I forgot to mention that he also has speech delay. My older child is a special need child and he can read chapter books and does multiplication at age 5. Not for comparison, I would never expect that my younger child would struggle with reading/writing and he is not good with math. He has IEP or child find program since 1 year old, so I have been keeping track of his development.  Preschool teacher has tried extra effort to do 1:1 on him, and it took him a long long time to learn phonics. His IQ seems fine, but I wonder if he is dyslexia. He is going to 1st grade, and we are not holding him back. [/quote]

Don't compare kids.  MCPS ES curriculum is not very good.  I would get a reading tutor and ask his private SLP to work on it.  My speech disordered kid was reading very early, other kids I know were but many were not.  Our SLP did a lot of visual work and we read a lot at home.  We used apps and workbooks as well.  Handwriting/writing was delayed and we did about 10-20 minutes a day of Kumon workbooks and it really helped (not the class, just the workbooks).  And, if he's not in private speech get him in private speech.  Phonics never worked for my kid.  It was sight reading.  We also used the CC for videos and did a lot of reading vidoes.[/quote]

Do you have a kid using the new curriculum in K?  I have heard good things about it.  Not to say this parent/child may not need more, just wondering if your assessment that the curriculum is not good is based on the current curriculum or a previous one.[/quote]

No but even if it’s better it’s not working for op child. [/quote]

It might be working fine but the expectaions for a kindergartener are too high and unrealistic.[/quote]

Expectations are not high.  He's 5.  You learn to read, write and do very basic math.  The longer you wait, the harder it is to get your child caught up.[/quote]

They are high. There was no expectation to be able to read anything when I was in kindergarten. It was a half day and we learned one letter a week. Now our pre-k students do that. [/quote]

In Finland, kids don’t even start academic school until 7 and they have the highest scores in the world. I know that there are other factors contributing to those scores, but it shows that you can wait to teach a kid to read at 7 and they’ll be just fine, not behind. [/quote]

Last time I checked this wasn't Finland and if you don't get kids reading they are going to fall way behind AND it hurts their self-esteem.  Bad advice.  There were those expectations when I was in K, and I'm old.  We had a full day and it was academic.  You are hurting kids who are behind with your do nothing attitude and hoping they will catch up.  Many don't.  Look at test scores right now.  [/quote]

It is Finland.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/finland-schools-kindergarten-literacy_n_560ece14e4b0af3706e0a60c/amp

And it’s not a do nothing attitude. It’s a play based approach that teaches plenty of skills that sharpen the brain and then they learn to read when they are ready.

Test scores are low in the US because of the preponderance of screens both at school and at home, and how poorly our kids are eating these days. How many kids you know “only eat Mac and cheese and Dino nuggets”? I know way too many. How often do you see kids on iPhones in the grocery store and at restaurants? Constantly. Attention spans are suffering. Big time. [/quote]

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