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Originally Posted by shakran
Kudos to you for getting your kid into reading at such a young age. I've done stories in a LOT of classrooms and it's always stunning how many kids, even in 8th grade and up, that have real trouble reading when called on. Good to see that some parents still see the value of reading.
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Well thanks . . . . it's not just us though, her school should get most of the credit. In Florida public school starts at age 4, "pre-K", and she happened to get a great teacher.
It was pure luck I think -- we wanted to put her in the most minority school in our area (we're idealists who try to live the "colorblind" ethic
) so that she would experience what it feels like to be in the minority herself and she wouldn't feel uncomfortable around a diverse array of folks later on in life. It turned out that that school is a Montessori, and she just thrives in it, went through the first couple years of reading exercises her first year. We've always read to her, but had no idea she'd be reading this early. We didn't do much of anything ourselves, it's really all her motivation and her teacher's guidance.
It's ironic, because most parents we know seem to be aghast that we send her there (the school and the neighborhood is about 90% "black"), I think they think we're nuts, and sometimes I wonder if it was the right thing . . . it's in one of the poorest neighborhoods, and it looks like a prison, and it's scary driving thru there. But it turns out to be a great school, and we couldn't be happier with how she's doing and all the friends she's made, and she loves her teacher and vice versa. The teacher is actually the one who suggested Dahl to us this year, and we got hooked right away.