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Originally Posted by Natsku
The thing is that learning letters, numbers and vocabulary sooner rather than later makes no difference to her intellect. She won't be smarter just because she learnt them earlier.
My daughter's daycare had two kids, that started 3rd grade at age 6. In some areas you can test your child into higher grades if they are ahead.
Last edited by Jaded; 07-09-2013 at 05:30 PM..
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My daughter's daycare had two kids, that started 3rd grade at age 6. In some areas you can test your child into higher grades if they are ahead.
But do you really think thats good for a kid? To go into 3rd grade at age 6 or something similar? I don't. I don't really understand the obsession some parents have with wanting their children to learn more and more at younger and younger ages.
But do you really think thats good for a kid? To go into 3rd grade at age 6 or something similar? I don't. I don't really understand the obsession some parents have with wanting their children to learn more and more at younger and younger ages.
Yes I think it can be good. Martin Luther King graduated high school at age 15 himself. My dad who is an engineer started college at 16. I don't think it hurts at all.
My daughter is already ahead and will likely be reading before kindergarten, no point in putting her there where she'll be bored and unchallenged.
Yes I think it can be good. Martin Luther King graduated high school at age 15 himself. My dad who is an engineer started college at 16. I don't think it hurts at all.
My daughter is already ahead and will likely be reading before kindergarten, no point in putting her there where she'll be bored and unchallenged.
There's more to each grade than the level of reading, writing and arithmetic. You miss a grade you miss out on learning other things, besides the issues with being possibly several years younger than everyone else in your class or starting school when your maturity levels aren't at the right stage. It helps to have kids of different ability levels in the same class, the smarter ones can help the ones that are behind and learn how to be supportive, how to teach and how to cooperate - I think thats much more valuable to a child than finishing school a year or two earlier.
There's more to each grade than the level of reading, writing and arithmetic. You miss a grade you miss out on learning other things, besides the issues with being possibly several years younger than everyone else in your class or starting school when your maturity levels aren't at the right stage. It helps to have kids of different ability levels in the same class, the smarter ones can help the ones that are behind and learn how to be supportive, how to teach and how to cooperate - I think thats much more valuable to a child than finishing school a year or two earlier.
It really depends on the child, but I'm not holding my child back to help those who are further behind. I want her placed on her abilities, not her age. Sometimes when kids are ahead of their classmates they end up getting bored and start falling behind because they get lazy and become disinterested in school.
It really depends on the child, but I'm not holding my child back to help those who are further behind. I want her placed on her abilities, not her age. Sometimes when kids are ahead of their classmates they end up getting bored and start falling behind because they get lazy and become disinterested in school.
Fair enough. I want my kid to learn more than just academics at school though. And a kid that becomes bored, lazy and disinterested because they are ahead of the rest of the class clearly hasn't learnt how to take responsibility for their own learning. I was the kid that was ahead in school, when I got bored I found something else to do, volunteered to help teach the younger children or just read a book.
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3rd grade at age 6 is skipping 2 grades. I wouldn't do that. I would allow my kids to skip a grade because they are already old for their grade. Skipping would make them the "right" age. I think the social aspect of school is important, and they'd miss out on some of that if they were always younger than their classmates.
No. UNless it was preschool or kindergarten. Even then, probably no. What is the hurry? Mostly I think parents do it so they can generate a feeling of self accomplishment. I do not see how it is in any way beneficial to a kid.
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