Re: challenging an intelligent child


Hi --

It's hard to challenge an individual child in a large classroom, but not
impossible. Things to ask the teacher:

1. Is there a basket of enrichment work in each subject area (math,
reading) that kids can go to independently once they're done with
the classroom assignment? This can be worksheets, independent
reading books, manipulatives, etc.
2. Kindy is a great age for groupwork. How is groupwork organized?
3. Is your child really an outlier? That is, how many other kids are
at her academic level in the classroom? Kids come into kindy at all
sorts of academic levels, so she may, in fact, have a peer group
already.
4. What are your child's weaknesses? Can she write legibly? Spell?
Understand the stories she reads aloud? Concentrate well? Write a
coherent sentence? Ask her teacher to identify and work on the
areas where your child does need work?

I hope these ideas help,
--Beth Kevles
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