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The Queen (age 6 in Kinder) seems to be regressing. When she graduated Pre-K, she was doing triple digit addition, double digit subtraction, and was above her level on reading. A school psychologist (outside source) told me she would easily qualify for Gifted & Talented last October.
The school tested her and she came out as average. She now does single digit addition & subtraction and her reading skills have not progressed at all.
She told me yesterday that she isn't smart because her teacher gives her direction and she doesn't know what to do at times.
Next week is Spring Break and I will need to work. So, she is going to her afterschool care place (an in-home Montessori school where she went to Preschool). The Queen is all excited about next week because she gets to learn things.
Has anyone else experienced a regression with their child once they got to public school?
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My 6-year-old has never been that advanced (!), but we're struggling with the public kindergarten. He does fine at home, but doesn't want to go to school and complains that he's not smart. My kiddo may have ADHD, but after spending some time in his classroom I suspect that at least half of his struggle is a bad fit between him and his teacher. She is, to be honest, just kinda mean. There's not much we can do about it, but I'm looking into some "alternative" school possibilities for next year.
Have you sat in on her classroom? It may be that a Montessori school is just a better fit for her.
Good luck -- it's heartbreaking to see kiddos loose their love for learning so young. Do whatever you can to save it!!!
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Could be a few reasons:
She's losing skills because she's not practicing them.
She's pretending not to know as much as she does in order to fit in. (Something that some gifted girls, in particular, sometimes do.)
She's learned that she doesn't have to work at challenging things at school, so she's avoiding them.
She learned skills more or less by rote without a solid understanding, so without the Montessori manipulatives she learned with (like the stamp game or beads), she isn't able to demonstrate the skill.
You probably have some idea of which is most likely.
My son loves school and is great at avoiding any work there. He refuses to do double digit addition at school because, "It's too hard!" Meanwhile, yesterday he asked me, "What is 79 + 79? Wait, that would be 140 + 18, so it's 158." All without pausing for breath. Makes me crazy. Kindergarten is pure socialization for him.
MassMom - I feel your pain. Good luck with your little guy. Praying he gets a much better 1st Grade Teacher. I have not sat in her classroom. She has severe separation anxiety. Seeing me there during the day will just make her want to come home with me. Oak - I think it is a combination of some of the things you list. Hasn't practiced them as much and therefore using them. Pretending she doesn't know as much to fit in. She gets OT as well and has been working on handwriting, math, and reading from a couple of directions. She knows this stuff. Argh! Her psychologist is offering an all day summer program for 2 months that I think I am going to put her in. They will work on all these skills and maybe this will help with the regression.
MassMom - I feel your pain. Good luck with your little guy. Praying he gets a much better 1st Grade Teacher. I have not sat in her classroom. She has severe separation anxiety. Seeing me there during the day will just make her want to come home with me.
Oak - I think it is a combination of some of the things you list. Hasn't practiced them as much and therefore using them. Pretending she doesn't know as much to fit in. She gets OT as well and has been working on handwriting, math, and reading from a couple of directions. She knows this stuff. Argh!
Her psychologist is offering an all day summer program for 2 months that I think I am going to put her in. They will work on all these skills and maybe this will help with the regression.