Hello -
This topic is not fully thought out so bear with me...
I am looking for resources for my son (5.5) I am noticing that there seems to be a split focus online and in the media. There seems to be a lot geared towards "preschoolers" (roughly age 3 to 5) OR towards "gradeschoolers" (roughly age 6 and up).
for a specific example I was looking for math web sites and saw the suggestions on a recent thread. Well, he is not ready for times attack or lucky star
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/lucky_star/index.html, but he does like mulitplication. In other words, he is learning the concepts and the math facts in bits and pieces but not in a super speedy way.
I am sure we will figure it out together at home afterschooling (ds got a leapster for christmas and that has helped) And I was thinking about doing some kind of hands-on math curriculum at home like Right start or Montessori style beads because I don't see his interest in math (or language for that matter) getting addressed in public K. It just seems like I am noticing more and more a kind of "gap" or divide" between the little-kid land and big kid world.
Any other ideas on how I bridge the divide when my kid is asynchronous but not "super advanced"?
thanks
EW
another thought: he can read words and very beginner books but there seems to be more available across the spectrum of pre-reader/beginning reader/reader/advanced reader. (Starfall, PBSKids shows, etc.)
