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Heather MC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:16 AM Original message |
Kindergardeners CAN READ, JOHN McLAME!!! |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Your son is exceptional. My 5 year old grand daughter can also read |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Not here. In fact, they have to be reading at a first grade level |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. So in your state, children have to read at a first grade level |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not state, county. |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I kind of agree with ya on this |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Both my girls were reading when they went into K |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Both my son and I had an experience similar to your son's. |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. you would be amazed what they can do |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Some kids can, some kids can't. And it has little to do with intelligence |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I agree. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. That policy has no pedagogical foundation. |
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Heather MC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. that's true Most Can not, However every child that left my son's preschool could read |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Homework in preschool?! |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
30. 7-4 and homework in preschool? That's not even slightly developmentally appropriate. |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks for something that'd been rattling in my brain... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Well, some kids can read in Kindergarten and others can't |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Point taken. |
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Heather MC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. McCain is out of touch I wish someone in M$M would defend their kids |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
13. Though it was absolutely wrong for those girls to bully him like that, |
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Heather MC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I will tell you the hold story about the Girls |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Your description does nothing to change my mind that one or more of them |
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Heather MC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Ok, I am coming at this from a place of anger and not compassion for those lil' ladies |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I totally agree with you about those parents. They should be taking |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Attracted to a boy in kindergarten? Sexually attracted? |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. My first thought also was that they were reenacting something they had experienced |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
17. I was reading to the rest of my class in kindergarten... |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
20. Thanks for posting this. It got me thinking... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
21. When you add in Palin's |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
28. my daughter knew how to read in Kinder AND |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
29. Really? Then why do they need to learn the alphabet? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 01:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. They don't learn that in Kindergarten, and haven't in years. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Learned where? Urban "pre-school"? Or in upper-middle-class homes? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 02:12 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. My understanding is that's the state standard for all preschools. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
31. A smart kid with access to books should be able to figure it out themselves by that age. |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
35. Re: "My Body is Private." |
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