They, of course, have "Letter of the Week", and will be learning their numbers and colors and shapes. I expected that.
I was pleasantly surprised to hear that there would be no story-time in which a teacher would read to the class, but a time for stories in which the children are encouraged to get a book from their bookcase and "read" (or in my son's case-read). She said she knew that seems strange for some to hear, but she said that the reasoning behind that is children find out that they are better readers than they thought. I assume the teachers go around and supervise this story reading time, to see which children actually DO read.
What do you think of this?
I should have looked closer at the books on that shelf. If they are like the free book that was offered last night (A BOB book), I can see why the teacher would say that. Maybe they will let him bring a book of his own?
We were sent home with a Scholastic book order form. I didn't see any books in there, other than one on learning to tie shoelaces, that would be on my son's level.
I would hope that the academic curriculum would be age appropriate, and if it is it should still be appealing to a child who already knows how to read. I know that we personally avoided any school that boasted academic curricula, because like you said, our kids are well beyond the typical preschool stuff.
DD's favorite subject is snack and playground. Last week she enjoyed an "awesome video about bees" up on the smart board during snack time. And, honestly I could not be happier about this.
After snack they are to pick up a book from the reading corner and page through them quietly while everyone finishes up, but the still have story time. DD loves being read to at circle time. Actually, thus far the most positive feedback I have gotten back on her has been about her answers to the comprehension questions. I think I would be upset if they did away with that.
The directress is very anti- worksheet at this age and raves about their implimentation if HWT.
But, this is the 3-4-year-old class. These kids will not be going to kindergarten for another two years. Is your DS closer to 5? I am not sure what the 4-5-year-old class looks like. I will say that we are currently trying to get DD on the waitlist for the city-wide gifted pre-k next year, so we should be observing that class soon. But, that might be a worse fit for our DD than what we got going on now!
I never liked the books offered from scholastic.
