Hi "Amazed"
Nice to "see" you too. Are you planning on home schooling? What is your DD interested in these days? I love hearing about her and miss reading your posts :-)
My DD is somewhat hard for me to assess because she only wants to do what she wants to do when she wants to do it, so if I ask her something, she might not want to "play" that game, but she clearly is beyond kindergarten, but I don't know how far beyond in what subjects.
My DD told me that this observing teacher had her read words, try to read the clock, do some math, skip count, draw pictures, spell kid's names in the air etc, but when I spoke to the teacher, she didn't tell me a thing about this and didn't say she did any particular test and for some reason, I didn't ask her about it. I almost think she just wanted to see if the rumors were true and she did these things.
I am unfamiliar with the Dora. I tried to find vocabulary lists of first grade words and they seemed like very, very easy words so I am assuming her vocabulary for reading and understanding is quite a bit beyond that but I don't really know where to find any sort of testing instrument to see where she falls.
The strangest thing to me when searching online is bumping into all these tools that seem to complicate something so simple. There are all these flashcards, and lessons, and online games to teach something that just comes naturally for her and did for me. I honestly worry what school will be like if they break things down in that way and expect her not to lose her mind just a little bit...
