She told me that kids his age are too young to learn long vowel sounds, which can damage their ability to learn to read. I tried to explain that some kids can learn at this age, even younger, but she cut me off and said she'd heard people say this before, and knows it's not true from experience. She said kids need to learn how "to track from left to right" at this age, and that's what she's focusing on. Argh. She kept cutting me off.
I haven't heard anything so stupid for a very long time. Hard to believe she's never met a child who could read in K.
Did she mention a longterm psychological damage too? May be that could explain why DS5 was such a pain today
My poor damaged kids
Good luck with the new school. You can always hire a tutor to teach them the second language or have playdates with native speakers. At least you know the rest will be taken care of.
