Amy2
07-08-2001, 07:38 PM
I'm curious what you think about advanced placement classes for young kids. We call them Spectrum or APP in Washington State.
My son is just going into Kindergarten. He already reads well above first grade level. He is supposedly "into numbers" according to his (Montessori) teacher, and is doing number rolls well into the thousands.
He is the kind of kid who could easily be labeled a discipline problem if not challenged, yet I have noticed that at times when he is working on something that is clearly difficult for him, instead of pushing ahead, he will give up and say "I don't want to do this" or whatever.
He also is into sports, music, art, etc., and not what you might think of as an "academic" type of kid. He loves academics, but as he's in Montessori school, he doesn't quite realize that he is doing school work yet.
I am looking into testing him for the Spectrum and APP schools here for First Grade. I am wondering, from the teachers perspective what you think of these programs? Thanks so much.
Amy
My son is just going into Kindergarten. He already reads well above first grade level. He is supposedly "into numbers" according to his (Montessori) teacher, and is doing number rolls well into the thousands.
He is the kind of kid who could easily be labeled a discipline problem if not challenged, yet I have noticed that at times when he is working on something that is clearly difficult for him, instead of pushing ahead, he will give up and say "I don't want to do this" or whatever.
He also is into sports, music, art, etc., and not what you might think of as an "academic" type of kid. He loves academics, but as he's in Montessori school, he doesn't quite realize that he is doing school work yet.
I am looking into testing him for the Spectrum and APP schools here for First Grade. I am wondering, from the teachers perspective what you think of these programs? Thanks so much.
Amy