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[quote=Anonymous]Honestly, there are a lot of smart kids in kindergarten.  I had this same concern in the months leading up to kindergarten based on how my kid was reading etc and then I realized that (1) there are plenty of kids that are just as bright as mine, if not brighter, and (2) teachers know how to differentiate by giving different levels of books, by having some kids learn to spell some of the sight words instead of reading them, etc.  Now I think it is sort of funny that I was so worried about it (sort of like how I now think it is sort of funny that I thought my kid was "definitely" on the AAP track until I actually learned what was involved in getting into AAP - scoring upwards of 98% nationwide on various standardized tests).  Bottom line is that there is so much more to kindergarten than just the academics anyway - learning to ride the bus, meeting the kids they will go to school with for the next five or six years, gym, music, cafeteria etc so unless they are solving physics problems already, they will probably be fine.  [/quote]

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