I'm surprised how many are saying their kids didn't read until 1st. All kids is our K (catholic school) were reading by the end of the year.
In our area, there seems to be a raging debate over it, and it seems to be a key to the philosophy of the school. Those wanting to be rseen as rigorous focus on it as a measure of that success, while other emphasize whole child, and readiness for learning.
See here for an article for a few months ago.
NYT Mom2-3
I'm like broken record on this (and I am not making any money off it
) but starfall is
just awesome for moving readers along.
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