Hi everyone,
I am so happy to have discovered this forum. I think we might belong here.
Our DD4 started full day kindergarten at a newly built school this September and the differences between her and her classmates are becoming apparent. I am concerned because she appears to know all of the kindergarten curriculum and that the next two years will be a lot of repetition for her. She has come home on several occasions and said, "Mommy they don't teach anything at school."
Here is an example of why I'm concerned. After the two year kindergarten program students are expected to: Be able to point to letters, words, and sentences on a page, Identify most upper case and lower case letters, Orally tell what sound is heard at the beginning and ending of words. (This is not the entire list but it gives you an idea.) DD taught herself all of the letter sounds last year and is now starting to read short children's books. They are also expected to be able to count to 30. DD was able to count to 100 a couple years ago and is moving on to topics like fractions and division. She's also obsessed with science and dinosaurs.
We are going in for our first parent teacher night in a couple of weeks and I'm at a loss as to what to do. I've been reading up on differentiation in the class room but I'm not sure if they can differentiate enough to meet her needs. Any advice would be welcome. Thank you for taking the time to read.
