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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, I think you are expecting too much from K. My oldest is in third grade and I look back on kindergarten with nostalgia. I think the main purpose of K is to acclimate the kids to the routines and expectations and social requirements of elementary school. Many kids (both the most and least privileged segments) may never have experienced any kind of organized education before, and even for kids like mine who went to FT daycares or preschool prior to K, there are just huge changes and much more individual responsibility (no one supervises routine bathroom trips, navigating a paying cafeteria, adjusting to classroom norms and procedures...) Just save your academic expectations for first grade, and stop worrying about whether your 5yo is being adequately challenged. And yes, MCPS does provide challenges for all range of smart kids.

I'm trying hard to avoid snark here, especially since you are self-aware enough to mock your angst in your post title (I think that's what you meant, right?)! Really there is so much research that suggests there are little or no real benefits from pushing academics too early (read the red shirting threads on how they start elementary at 7yo in Finkand or something like that) - you should be glad her K year is going well, that she is not learning to hate school (like my active boy did) and that the testing mania hasn't yet begin. If she's reading chapter books and has parents who are engaged in her educational development, your daughter is going to be just fine.[/quote]

I completely with this poster's perspective. A little injection of sanity in between the hand-wringers. There is a leveling effect that occurs in the later primary grades. The kindergarten students who seemed so "gifted" as compared to their peers suddenly aren't so gifted any longer.  In fact, they even may be getting Bs. I've seen this time and again. The pushing parents who really emphasize the early literacy and gloat that their kids can read -- even if they can't understand the story -- challenging books are the reason these children are so smart so young. So yes, OP, relax and trust that your genius is doing just fine. [/quote]

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