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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. I have a child in PK3 whose teachers are working with her a grade or two ahead on some things. What is the CTY program?[/quote]

Is this a joke?[/quote]

Another new poster, my PK4 kid is several grade levels ahead of his peers (reading at 3rd/4th grade level).  It happens.  And his teachers work with him on it.  And, yes, PK3 and PK4 are GRADES in public schools in the district.[/quote]

Thank you. Yes, this is a DC public schools forum and PK3 is a grade in DC public schools.  [/quote]

I love it. A 36-month-old can now be in a grade.  With a curriculum.

And yes, I know that really is the case in dcps but I think it's stupid.

-- mom of talented 5th grader who was pooping his pants occasionally at age 3, squeezing play dough, building free-form towers and so on.  It's so weird to me that a dc resident now has to PAY serious cash to get that kind of developmentally appropriate nursery school experience in a private preschool. "I want my kid to fingerpaint all day, so that means tuition!" [/quote]

Have you actually been to a DCPS preschool class? Or several? There is plenty of play dough, finger painting and blocks. All of those are great, developmentally appropriate activities. Having a curriculum in place helps teachers so kids are doing developmentally appropriate things. Some programs skew more towards academics but that is in part because children from disadvantaged backgrounds don't always have great access to book, being read to, etc.[/quote]

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