Wow - I may have to get that supplement!!
DS had a half day due to snow. He's happy and calm and been having a great day. The school day is just too long.
Our school has decided that they are going to be "the best" and they have bumped up all the common core stuff. Last year they had to know a set of sight words by recognizing them by Christmas. This year they have a spelling test. DS is doing fabulous with his reading, but the spelling is slightly harder, and with poor handwriting it is harder yet. The school does almost no hands on are developmentally appropriate education. It's all paper, cutting, pasting and writing. Not hardly and crafts or fun learning. No wonder ds is miserable.
The school wants to challenge the students, but they aren't doing it in age appropriate ways. Ds could be a whiz at math if they would use hands on manipulatives. If we had a montessori he would have been out of this school and probably constructing a bridge or something innovative and learning at the same time. Teach smarter, not harder
