parents: skipping kindergarten

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by RACER X

so we signed up april for kindergarten this week.

we;ve been talking to alot of parents and many are dissatisfied w/ the level of education provided in most schools. we are in 1 of the best dist. in the country, but the reality is any-kid can sign up for K no matter there level of education and they are all lumped into the same class. i know of kids starting next yr, that can't spell their names let alone write it out. so you have kids who can read and kids who can't write the alphabet, so who's gonna get the most attention? while the top of the class gets bored.

april is reading and doing spelling, heck she spelled orang (missed the e) at lunch time today by herself.

we've been told you can take a test and place outta K and got straight to 1st grade. has anybody done that?

if she passes this test, we can decide whether she stays in K or goes to first, and also it opens up doors for AP classes.

anybody have their kids skip K ?

Our oldest is starts K in the fall and we are in a similar situation.
He is in pre-K now and is a way ahead of everyone else since he has been reading and writing for awhile now.
We read the same magazines on the crapper (He has a subscription to National Geographic). He has basic math skills.
While the kids in the class are working on basic words such as cat and all that...I have to come up with on the spot definitions for things he gets out of the magazines.

I'm on the crapper reading whatever is lying around and in walks Lucas
"Aren't you supposed to knock?"
"sorry daddy"
(Knock knock"
"Yes"
(In walks Lucas holding a magazine)
"Daddy, what does anthropogenic mean?"
"Let me finish up ok...five minutes."
(after he walks out..I got make a mad dash to the office to go look it up.)

Hour later..
"Hey Lucas, what does anthropogenic mean?"
"I don't know. Can I watch a movie?"

Kindergarten is more than just learning basic reading skills, its also a social skill development.


I don't know, we'll see what happens when the screen him.