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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child in private K went in knowing her ABCs and a handful of sight words and that’s it. She is now sounding out words well with a phonics-based approach and reading fairly well. My neighbor’s kid in public K who comes over a lot had about the same level of preparedness is not able to sound out words and kind of guesses. This child is not SN or anything, it’s quite possible they are naturally more intelligent than my child, but they are simply not being taught the right techniques.

I think many of the people who are happy with public are either putting in a lot of effort themselves at home or else sending to Kumon.[/quote]

My two kids went into Kindergarten with similar skills to yours.  They were in the same private school, and had the same teacher a few years apart.  One kid's trajectory was like yours, and one was like your neighbor's. Neither has an LD in reading (I can say this confidently now as both are mine and both are teenagers, you obviously can't know this about a neighbor's 5 year old), reading just clicked for them at different points.

Your smugness here is really alarming and uneducated.  It would make me want to be in a different school from you.  [/quote]

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