Anonymous
10/26/2023 22:45
Subject: Accelerated Math - APS Kindergarten
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Classic Arlington thread here for 4 year olds. Love the other Arlington 4 year old parents chiming in about their special genius just to prove the point. Can’t wait for you to read this when you have a high schooler.
A few of us are saying the opposite. Having basic numeracy skills doesn’t make one a genius.
Some of us have older children in APS and that’s how we know so much work needs to be done at home.
But yeah, I’m sure if you don’t care, your high schooler isn’t doing well. That kind of proves my point. 🙂
Take a poll of high school teachers of whose students are more successful. The ones whose parents were begging for advanced math in kindergarten or the ones letting their kiddos just enjoy kindergarten and that experience. Guarantee my child’s admissions are better. Because honestly I’m a better parent than you.
So feisty. That’s the difference between me and you — I don’t have an inferiority complex! 🙂
Anonymous
10/26/2023 22:25
Subject: Accelerated Math - APS Kindergarten
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Classic Arlington thread here for 4 year olds. Love the other Arlington 4 year old parents chiming in about their special genius just to prove the point. Can’t wait for you to read this when you have a high schooler.
A few of us are saying the opposite. Having basic numeracy skills doesn’t make one a genius.
Some of us have older children in APS and that’s how we know so much work needs to be done at home.
But yeah, I’m sure if you don’t care, your high schooler isn’t doing well. That kind of proves my point. 🙂
Take a poll of high school teachers of whose students are more successful. The ones whose parents were begging for advanced math in kindergarten or the ones letting their kiddos just enjoy kindergarten and that experience. Guarantee my child’s admissions are better. Because honestly I’m a better parent than you.
Anonymous
10/26/2023 21:35
Subject: Accelerated Math - APS Kindergarten
Anonymous wrote:Classic Arlington thread here for 4 year olds. Love the other Arlington 4 year old parents chiming in about their special genius just to prove the point. Can’t wait for you to read this when you have a high schooler.
A few of us are saying the opposite. Having basic numeracy skills doesn’t make one a genius.
Some of us have older children in APS and that’s how we know so much work needs to be done at home.
But yeah, I’m sure if you don’t care, your high schooler isn’t doing well. That kind of proves my point. 🙂
Anonymous
10/26/2023 21:15
Subject: Accelerated Math - APS Kindergarten
Classic Arlington thread here for 4 year olds. Love the other Arlington 4 year old parents chiming in about their special genius just to prove the point. Can’t wait for you to read this when you have a high schooler.
Anonymous
10/26/2023 16:50
Subject: Accelerated Math - APS Kindergarten
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My fave question for parents like you - right random two digit numbers on a piece of paper like 35, 77, 52, etc and then ask your kid to tell you the numbers without your assistance. Now you know your kid doesn’t 2nd grade math skills. Because those workbooks you buy or that app you use is lying to you and wants you to buy more stuff
OP here. Poster, please learn the correct usage of "right vs write." My kid knows numbers into the tens of thousands just by looking at them...
I’m still curious how you know all of this information for your 4 year old.
Not OP, but I also do academic work with my 4 yo. He said he wanted to learn to read, so I taught him how to read. He likes playing “math games” so I got a math curriculum.
Do you guys really not realize there are materials out there?
I really didn’t know there was a math curriculum for 4 year olds.
It isn’t specifically for 4 year olds. That’s not how math works.
This whole thread was about grade levels of math. 4 year old is PreK 4. I have no idea what these materials are. That’s why I asked.
VA has their grade level standards posted for all to see. Maybe that’s what she’s using.
Or, like me, she’s using an actual curriculum meant for elementary students.
PP has a huge chip on her shoulder, but is right that other nations expect A LOT more from their young students. It’s a disgrace.
Anonymous
10/26/2023 16:28
Subject: Accelerated Math - APS Kindergarten
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My fave question for parents like you - right random two digit numbers on a piece of paper like 35, 77, 52, etc and then ask your kid to tell you the numbers without your assistance. Now you know your kid doesn’t 2nd grade math skills. Because those workbooks you buy or that app you use is lying to you and wants you to buy more stuff
OP here. Poster, please learn the correct usage of "right vs write." My kid knows numbers into the tens of thousands just by looking at them...
I’m still curious how you know all of this information for your 4 year old.
Not OP, but I also do academic work with my 4 yo. He said he wanted to learn to read, so I taught him how to read. He likes playing “math games” so I got a math curriculum.
Do you guys really not realize there are materials out there?
That would require them to speak with their nannies instead of sanctimoniously posting on DCUM about how "every" parent in Arlington thinks their kid is "gifted". Of course, their nannies probably speak Spanish and therefore those posters wouldn't deign to have a real conversation with them anyway. Better to twit away on DCUM against their peers that earned their spot in the Ivy League school they were a legacy admission at. Like, who didn't go to Harvard *sigh*.
To all the concerned parents out there that actually care about their children's education, that actually speak with their children, and are trying to advocate for the best interests of their kids: keep it up. You're doing just fine. The answer to OP's question is, unfortunately, that parents have to supplement APS. Their kids will simply get lost in the classroom because they're learning at "grade level"...never mind that grade level in Virginia is laughably behind where children should actually be especially in elementary. You don't even have to turn to nations like Singapore to compare Virginia's SOLs and feel like we are not preparing our children adequately in math: plenty of peer nations expect far more from their elementary school aged children than we do in math and reading at comparative grade levels.
Who hurt you?
Someone who went to Harvard, apparently.
Anonymous
10/26/2023 16:24
Subject: Accelerated Math - APS Kindergarten
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My fave question for parents like you - right random two digit numbers on a piece of paper like 35, 77, 52, etc and then ask your kid to tell you the numbers without your assistance. Now you know your kid doesn’t 2nd grade math skills. Because those workbooks you buy or that app you use is lying to you and wants you to buy more stuff
OP here. Poster, please learn the correct usage of "right vs write." My kid knows numbers into the tens of thousands just by looking at them...
I’m still curious how you know all of this information for your 4 year old.
Not OP, but I also do academic work with my 4 yo. He said he wanted to learn to read, so I taught him how to read. He likes playing “math games” so I got a math curriculum.
Do you guys really not realize there are materials out there?
That would require them to speak with their nannies instead of sanctimoniously posting on DCUM about how "every" parent in Arlington thinks their kid is "gifted". Of course, their nannies probably speak Spanish and therefore those posters wouldn't deign to have a real conversation with them anyway. Better to twit away on DCUM against their peers that earned their spot in the Ivy League school they were a legacy admission at. Like, who didn't go to Harvard *sigh*.
To all the concerned parents out there that actually care about their children's education, that actually speak with their children, and are trying to advocate for the best interests of their kids: keep it up. You're doing just fine. The answer to OP's question is, unfortunately, that parents have to supplement APS. Their kids will simply get lost in the classroom because they're learning at "grade level"...never mind that grade level in Virginia is laughably behind where children should actually be especially in elementary. You don't even have to turn to nations like Singapore to compare Virginia's SOLs and feel like we are not preparing our children adequately in math: plenty of peer nations expect far more from their elementary school aged children than we do in math and reading at comparative grade levels.
Who hurt you?
Anonymous
10/26/2023 16:03
Subject: Accelerated Math - APS Kindergarten
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My fave question for parents like you - right random two digit numbers on a piece of paper like 35, 77, 52, etc and then ask your kid to tell you the numbers without your assistance. Now you know your kid doesn’t 2nd grade math skills. Because those workbooks you buy or that app you use is lying to you and wants you to buy more stuff
OP here. Poster, please learn the correct usage of "right vs write." My kid knows numbers into the tens of thousands just by looking at them...
I’m still curious how you know all of this information for your 4 year old.
Not OP, but I also do academic work with my 4 yo. He said he wanted to learn to read, so I taught him how to read. He likes playing “math games” so I got a math curriculum.
Do you guys really not realize there are materials out there?
That would require them to speak with their nannies instead of sanctimoniously posting on DCUM about how "every" parent in Arlington thinks their kid is "gifted". Of course, their nannies probably speak Spanish and therefore those posters wouldn't deign to have a real conversation with them anyway. Better to twit away on DCUM against their peers that earned their spot in the Ivy League school they were a legacy admission at. Like, who didn't go to Harvard *sigh*.
To all the concerned parents out there that actually care about their children's education, that actually speak with their children, and are trying to advocate for the best interests of their kids: keep it up. You're doing just fine. The answer to OP's question is, unfortunately, that parents have to supplement APS. Their kids will simply get lost in the classroom because they're learning at "grade level"...never mind that grade level in Virginia is laughably behind where children should actually be especially in elementary. You don't even have to turn to nations like Singapore to compare Virginia's SOLs and feel like we are not preparing our children adequately in math: plenty of peer nations expect far more from their elementary school aged children than we do in math and reading at comparative grade levels.
Anonymous
10/26/2023 15:30
Subject: Accelerated Math - APS Kindergarten
Just like you can play Uno before the suggested age range of 7+.
Anonymous
10/26/2023 15:29
Subject: Accelerated Math - APS Kindergarten
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My fave question for parents like you - right random two digit numbers on a piece of paper like 35, 77, 52, etc and then ask your kid to tell you the numbers without your assistance. Now you know your kid doesn’t 2nd grade math skills. Because those workbooks you buy or that app you use is lying to you and wants you to buy more stuff
OP here. Poster, please learn the correct usage of "right vs write." My kid knows numbers into the tens of thousands just by looking at them...
I’m still curious how you know all of this information for your 4 year old.
Not OP, but I also do academic work with my 4 yo. He said he wanted to learn to read, so I taught him how to read. He likes playing “math games” so I got a math curriculum.
Do you guys really not realize there are materials out there?
I really didn’t know there was a math curriculum for 4 year olds.
It isn’t specifically for 4 year olds. That’s not how math works.
This whole thread was about grade levels of math. 4 year old is PreK 4. I have no idea what these materials are. That’s why I asked.
Anonymous
10/26/2023 15:27
Subject: Accelerated Math - APS Kindergarten
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My fave question for parents like you - right random two digit numbers on a piece of paper like 35, 77, 52, etc and then ask your kid to tell you the numbers without your assistance. Now you know your kid doesn’t 2nd grade math skills. Because those workbooks you buy or that app you use is lying to you and wants you to buy more stuff
OP here. Poster, please learn the correct usage of "right vs write." My kid knows numbers into the tens of thousands just by looking at them...
I’m still curious how you know all of this information for your 4 year old.
Not OP, but I also do academic work with my 4 yo. He said he wanted to learn to read, so I taught him how to read. He likes playing “math games” so I got a math curriculum.
Do you guys really not realize there are materials out there?
I really didn’t know there was a math curriculum for 4 year olds.
It isn’t specifically for 4 year olds. That’s not how math works.
Anonymous
10/26/2023 14:52
Subject: Accelerated Math - APS Kindergarten
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My fave question for parents like you - right random two digit numbers on a piece of paper like 35, 77, 52, etc and then ask your kid to tell you the numbers without your assistance. Now you know your kid doesn’t 2nd grade math skills. Because those workbooks you buy or that app you use is lying to you and wants you to buy more stuff
OP here. Poster, please learn the correct usage of "right vs write." My kid knows numbers into the tens of thousands just by looking at them...
I’m still curious how you know all of this information for your 4 year old.
Not OP, but I also do academic work with my 4 yo. He said he wanted to learn to read, so I taught him how to read. He likes playing “math games” so I got a math curriculum.
Do you guys really not realize there are materials out there?
I really didn’t know there was a math curriculum for 4 year olds.
Anonymous
10/26/2023 14:51
Subject: Accelerated Math - APS Kindergarten
(Not saying anyone should focus on hardcore academics with their preschoolers. But if a kid shows interest, why not get some math games?)
Anonymous
10/26/2023 14:48
Subject: Accelerated Math - APS Kindergarten
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My fave question for parents like you - right random two digit numbers on a piece of paper like 35, 77, 52, etc and then ask your kid to tell you the numbers without your assistance. Now you know your kid doesn’t 2nd grade math skills. Because those workbooks you buy or that app you use is lying to you and wants you to buy more stuff
OP here. Poster, please learn the correct usage of "right vs write." My kid knows numbers into the tens of thousands just by looking at them...
I’m still curious how you know all of this information for your 4 year old.
Not OP, but I also do academic work with my 4 yo. He said he wanted to learn to read, so I taught him how to read. He likes playing “math games” so I got a math curriculum.
Do you guys really not realize there are materials out there?
Anonymous
10/26/2023 14:41
Subject: Accelerated Math - APS Kindergarten
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My fave question for parents like you - right random two digit numbers on a piece of paper like 35, 77, 52, etc and then ask your kid to tell you the numbers without your assistance. Now you know your kid doesn’t 2nd grade math skills. Because those workbooks you buy or that app you use is lying to you and wants you to buy more stuff
OP here. Poster, please learn the correct usage of "right vs write." My kid knows numbers into the tens of thousands just by looking at them...
I’m still curious how you know all of this information for your 4 year old.