Kindy parents

luvmykids wrote: Are you just in awe of how fast these kids are learning? I'm totally amazed, like one day they can't read and the next they're reading simple words, one day they can't count past 20 and the next they're counting to 50...Now they're reading and writing like crazy.

Tonight Macie didn't want to finish her dinner and she said "How about if I eat one bite then three bites then two bites?" and Colt said "That's six" and I was stunned.

Brias3 replied: I agree with you, Monica! I felt the same way with Aliyah last year. It was seriously amazing how much material they go through in just the first few weeks!!

danahas4monkeys replied: Completely! When Lexi first started the end of August she couldn't even write her name now she can write anything you ask her too! And starting to read and knows so much she didnt a month ago! I get so excited and she just gives me this look like she's known the stuff all her life. And all of a sudden its "did you know box starts with B" or " I can write Haylie" Its so cool but then again I kind of want to dont you? They were just babies now they are all big and on their own!

DansMom replied: Yes, I agree! Just being in that environment every day has Daniel's brain popping. He was sick today and was so depressed that he was going to miss something. There are noticeable cognitive advances every week. Amazing!

TheOaf66 replied: Tanners homework over the weekend was to write all the numbers he can count

he got to 106 and ran out of paper, we told him he could stop

Boo&BugsMom replied:
Truthfully....no. Let me explain though. Everything they are learning Tanner already knows how to do...he already knows how to read, add, subtract as well. His homework over the weekend was to write up to the number that he knows. He wrote up to 108, and that's even with us telling him to stop at that number. At least it's not affecting his behavior and he still loves school. He loves going to school and can't wait to get there. Don't get me wrong, I am in awe of how his love of learning has blossomed even more and I love seeing his brain tick, but the things they are doing are easy for him. One of my daycare parents asked me the other night (she is in Tanner's class)..."didn't you teach them this stuff like 2 years ago?". Yep... Not saying he's a genius...but "it's kind of boring", he says, because he's already been taught that stuff. I assume within the next couple months they will branch out more after they are done assessing where all the kids are at and done doing reviews of things already known.

Boo&BugsMom replied:
108 dear.

boyohboyohboy replied: I cant believe how well caleb has taken to this environment, and how much he learns...
although it seems to take him a week to tell me what he did last week at school..getting him to come home and repeat it is the issue!

luvmykids replied: Kylie knew a lot of what they've been doing, for the first few weeks she'd groan and say "I already know this" But overnight it seems she put it all together and is reading, etc and Colt has learned by leaps and bounds.

I know they're capable of much more than I generally give them credit for, I feel sort of like I 'm a chump for not teaching them some of this stuff myself

MommyToAshley replied:
You shouldn't feel this way. I volunteer in Ashley's classroom every Friday for creative writing and there is a HUGE difference at what level all the kids enter Kindergarten. Some can barely write a letter and others are reading. But, the teacher said it all evens out about the middle of the year.

MommyToAshley replied:
I kind of felt the same way with Ashley when I was looking through the papers she was bringing home. It was stuff that she has known for a long time (and we are paying for private school). But, then I realized from talking to her that there are a lot of things that they talk about and do in school that we don't know about. I think the papers they bring home are the bare minimum that they need to know.

For example, they are doing a unit on the body. Ashley came home one day and said, "Mom, did you know that you can't see sound waves. Your ear drum is connected to you ear and your brain, and the sound waves vibrate your eardrum and that is how you hear". Then today she came home talking about the heart and how old blood goes in the heart and new oxygenated blood comes out the other side of your heart. She talked about pulse and felt my pulse. And then she talked about how if you hold your hand out and make a fist, that is the same size as your heart. (I didn't even know that). So, I think they are learning a lot more than they even tell us. I was amazed as I don't think I learned some of that stuff until much later in school... definitely not in Kindergarten!

Boo&BugsMom replied:
Yep! Ditto!

Boo&BugsMom replied:
I'm sure they do learn more than I see as well. But, the really major stuff like math and reading, etc I feel he just needs to be challenged more, which I know will come sooner or later. The beginning of the year is so different because all kinders are at so many levels. But, I'm not concerned as long as it's not affecting his behavior at school. He still loves it, loves going out the door and can't get there fast enough. He has always been a social butterfly and is very extroverted so school is his cup of tea no matter what he's learning, or not learning. I also want him to savor his first year of school because after this year it's so different, so I'm glad he's not being overly challenged as well and can enjoy it without feeling overwhelmed.

Troy was the same way in Kindergarten. His teacher thought he was mentally challenged (well, he kind of is...just kidding), had him tested, and the doctor told his teacher she was nuts and that he just spaced out from bordum. Seems Tanner got it from Troy, because he certianly didn't get his brains from me.

TheOaf66 replied:
actually it was 1st grade she thought I was retarded

no I am not mentally challenged

it would be "boredom" not "bordum"

Tanner got his OCD from you ...looks and brains came from me

Boo&BugsMom replied:
If we had a flipping the finger smilie I'd use it, so just use your imagination instead.

TheOaf66 replied:
put that in the suggestions forum