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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As the mother of a high school student and sister of a kindergarten teacher [b]I warn you that this advance instruction often leads to boredom in the classroom come kingergarten because many students will not be as advanced as your child. This begets a whole set of issues. Bored child, frustrated parents[/b], beleaguered teacher.

What is this goal of this advance instruction? What do you hope to accomplish by this leg up? As I often ask, where's the fire? Many schools do not differentiate in math until the upper grades, including some of the most selective privates.[/quote]

I'm a NP who opened this thread because I'm thinking about signing up my 4 year old DS in Kumon.  He's also at a play-based preschool, like the other PP and while I love the school, think I need to do more for DS before he goes into KG next year.

I just want to say that this line of argument drives me nuts!  Why in the world is that a reason to not teach your child?  You're worried about your kid 'knowing too much'??

I'm not the PP who keeps talking about sports, but would you use the same logic in sports?  Would you not make your really good swimmer practice as much because you don't want her to be 'too advanced'?

The thinking that we should slow down our kids educational advancements so that they are not 'bored' in school is so disheartening to me.

FWIW, I'm not Asian, but I have a math/science background myself and want to encourage it for DS.[/quote]

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