Hi folks,
We live in Spain, so things are a bit different here. Kids start school in the year they turn three. I suppose it's like having an integrated preschool.
Anyhow, DD3's class do lot of normal preschool-y stuff like music, painting, gym, etc., but I noticed on her end of year report card that they had things like 'recognises the number one', 'recognises the letter T', etc. Which I guess is normal for preschool.
DD3 can do simple maths, e.g. adding and subtracting up to 30 (possibly beyond that but I haven't tested her - drawing/erasing that many lines is time consuming), and can read simple phonetic words/stories. Both things I showed her once or twice and she enjoyed doing them for a few days, but lost interest after that, so I don't push her with them. But I'm wondering if I should bother asking for a differentiated lesson at school? Or if maybe I should let it slide considering DD3 doesn't speak Spanish yet, so even if she's not learning anything new during maths/literacy, she's still got a lot of learning going on every day trying to learn the lingua franca of her classroom. Her school is technically bilingual English/Spanish but even though half the lessons are delivered in English, she doesn't have any other native English speakers in her class.
Thoughts?
