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August 21, 2007
Pinball Wizard
We're home schooling Kevin and finding out that it was a good choice...and that there is no turning back as far as Kindergarten goes.
In Maryland, you have to be 5 by September 1st to begin Kindergarten. If you feel your child is advanced you can have them tested for this to be waived, but they have to turn 5 within 6 weeks of the cut of date - or October 15th in this case. Kevin was born October 29th so he can not enter Kindergarten until next year (2008-2009).
Late last year he began showing boredom with the Jump Start (preschool) computer games that we had. Jump Start was in the process of releasing Jump Start World but it started with Kindergarten. When it was release we figured we would see if he could handle it...and he's pretty much been sailing through with few bumps. He's on level 8 of 12.
He also started telling us that he wanted to learn to read, so when I say Hooked on Kindergarten on sale at CompUSA, I snapped it up and brought it home. It contains phonics, math and handwriting. Within two months he's half way through the phonics portion.
So, school started yesterday for our county and Kevin is half way done with reading, 25% with math, and well into handwriting. We need to look at social studies, science, language and fine arts, but I'm convinced that sending him to kindergarten next year would be the wrong choice. He'd be really bored.
By next year, when we start home schooling, he'll likely be doing 1st grade work during his kindergarten year. We're not pushing him in anything (except taking a break from school to play). I think it's going to be a matter of trying to keep up with him teaching wise...and we'll have to work on balancing our curriculum.
Posted by Jesse at August 21, 2007 2:32 PM
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