BUT this morning, when I dropped DS off at school, I found out that DS has been working on the same Phonics level 1 workbook for a year.
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So I'm sitting here, wondering why we are paying a ton of money for my son to learn hat, sat, bat or whatever, when he is clearly beyond it, and also so clearly unwilling to play along with their repetition/finish this book so we can move on to the next one mentality. Why would they WANT him to finish it? What's the point?
How is his spelling? Perhaps the teacher is helping him with phonetic principles not for decoding, but for writing. Either way, having a 4 year old complete a "workbook" does not sound developmentally appropriate, and definitely isn't part of Montessori practice. If he needs help with writing/spelling, then sandpaper blends would be more appropriate. And telling a student which work to do is not in line with the theory of "follow the child." Gently guiding - yes. Telling a child to finish a work TODAY - no.
