Early reading doesn't predict future academic performance. In fact its the kids who are more creative who do better in school down the line. In those early years they should be learning how to think, problem solve, and not waste time on rote skills.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's popular among public school parents, too.
If this post is serious: Pick the one you like best. (We did Kumon when DC was in public school, now DC's in private.)
Four can work but a friend did it and her child is way ahead of the rest of his classmates.
As I ask parents of young children: Where's the fire?

Really good point, OP here, we ae considering immesion school and we don't want DC to behind in English and learning math in English.

Doing immersion is no impediment to doing math. Once the kids know enough of the immersion language, it doesn't matter whether math is taught in english or in the immersion language. By 1st grade, kids know enough of the immersion language to do the basic math taught in 1st grade in any school. In MoCo, they let immersion and non-immersion kids do math up to 2 years ahead. Also, immersion teachers will tell you that doing immersion may slow down your english acquisition at first, but eventually the immersion kids equal and even exceed non-immersion kids in english language schools. This is because learning a second language helps you understand the grammar and subtleties of the first language.

17:07 Absolutely but the reality is the parents who accelerate math and reading, at say 4, might be doing their children a disservice because when they get to school they are spending the day with children who do not know what they know. So let's not engage in context collapse! You can teach many things at home. And I'm not suggesting folks take books away from early readers. I'm simply suggesting that you may, emphasis on may, want to balance home enrichment with what's going to be happening in the classroom. I hope that helps. (Not sure what state laws you are talking about, we're talking about private schools here.)

Anonymous wrote:
OP,

Maybe if you explained your reasoning? I'm PP 9:12. My child did Math Kumon in Grade 4.
I'd wait and see what your child needs once your child starts school.
Again, being advanced in pre-K or K can make school boring for your child. Plus it's hard on teachers! My sister teaches K at a private school in Connecticut. The stories she tells ...

I don't know about everyone else but in my family school begins at home and not according to various, variable and sundry State laws. Development of my child's mind and body isn't predicated on State law.

Anonymous wrote:
OP,

Maybe if you explained your reasoning? I'm PP 9:12. My child did Math Kumon in Grade 4.
I'd wait and see what your child needs once your child starts school.
Again, being advanced in pre-K or K can make school boring for your child. Plus it's hard on teachers! My sister teaches K at a private school in Connecticut. The stories she tells ...

Why wait?

Wait for what or whom?

Maybe let's hold the child back so the child doesn't get ahead of others and make it more difficult for the teachers and school system to teach him and hence become bored. Sounds like a great solution.

I didn't really think of that, what a great point.

Anonymous wrote:OP,

Maybe if you explained your reasoning? I'm PP 9:12. My child did Math Kumon in Grade 4.
I'd wait and see what your child needs once your child starts school.
Again, being advanced in pre-K or K can make school boring for your child. Plus it's hard on teachers! My sister teaches K at a private school in Connecticut. The stories she tells ...

OP- Thank you for this valuable point. I see how my DC is now when she is bored.

OP,

Maybe if you explained your reasoning? I'm PP 9:12. My child did Math Kumon in Grade 4.
I'd wait and see what your child needs once your child starts school.
Again, being advanced in pre-K or K can make school boring for your child. Plus it's hard on teachers! My sister teaches K at a private school in Connecticut. The stories she tells ...

Finally decided to outsource mathematics education to Kumon. I applaud this. Ihis will fill the holes in their woefully inadequate math education...at least when we evaluated their programs 3 years ago.

Anonymous wrote:Private school parents would never dare subscribe to plebian math tutoring parlors such as Kumon. Math supplementation is never necessary for private school kids in the D.C. area.

Fiddlesticks!! My son is at Beauvoir. I see several kids with their blue Kumon pouches!!

Anonymous wrote:It's popular among public school parents, too.
If this post is serious: Pick the one you like best. (We did Kumon when DC was in public school, now DC's in private.)
Four can work but a friend did it and her child is way ahead of the rest of his classmates.
As I ask parents of young children: Where's the fire?

Really good point, OP here, we ae considering immesion school and we don't want DC to behind in English and learning math in English.

Private school parents would never dare subscribe to plebian math tutoring parlors such as Kumon. Math supplementation is never necessary for private school kids in the D.C. area.

It's popular among public school parents, too.
If this post is serious: Pick the one you like best. (We did Kumon when DC was in public school, now DC's in private.)
Four can work but a friend did it and her child is way ahead of the rest of his classmates.
As I ask parents of young children: Where's the fire?

I think you are just posting this to provoke a reaction. Dear God, there are better things for your 4 year-old to be doing.

Also when did you enroll your child, 4 seems too early... considering it though for DC.