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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We had the same problem with our DD in K. She went in there reading chapter books aimed for 9-12 year olds and was beyond anything they had in the classroom. She used to sit and read stories to the other children, during "choice time" which they loved but always struck me as weird.

Our K teacher tried to get harder books from the library for her, but it was actually the librarian who was resistant and trotted out the "no chapter books for K" rule. So ultimately there was zero challenge for our child in K. She enjoyed it but it was [b]effectively a wasted year.[/b]

I feel for the K teachers who have such a huge range to deal with but ultimately their target seems to be teaching to the middle and bringing the slower readers up to that. The advanced readers are left to their own devices.[/quote]

Even the advanced readers have a peer group.  You can see from the posts to this one question alone confirm that.

P.s.  Wasted year?  [b]You do know kindergarten is about a lot more than reading, right?[/b][/quote]

Er yup, thanks for pointin' that one out. Idiot.[/quote]

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