this is kinda nice

As you may or may not remember, I homeschool my son. I’ve done so since he was born, basically. He’s never attended a regular schoool, and that’s just fine for both of us. It hasn’t always been easy, but it’s definitely worth the effort, on both our parts.Last Spring, my next door neighbor mentioned he was taking his 5 yr old to kindergarten testing.I thought… hmmm, testing for kindergarten??? I asked what that entailed, and he said oh you know, they test them on shapes, colors, abcs, that sort of thing, just to get an idea of where he is.I thought wow… if kindergarden is all about abcs and shapes and colors, and that’s ALL, then umm… what are parents doing with their kids before that?

I bring this up because this weekend, I bought my daughter her first “homeschooler” workbook. This is for preschool, and she’s 3-1/2. She knows her colors. She knows her shapes. She can sing the ABCs and recognizes some numbers. She’s also knows her way around the PC better than my own dad does. Does this mean she’s ready for kindergarten now too?? If that’s the case, in another year and a half, when other parents of these ‘03 babies are readying their children to go to kindergarten, where will my daughter be on that learning curve? LOL “Algebra for the 5 yr old” maybe. lol Now this is NOT a smug, my kid is better than your kid post at all. My 10 yr old just started reading this past year. It was a long, arduous struggle that seemed to take forever. He still has problems with addition/subtraction in his head but LOVES things like geometry, fractions and now the times tables. So no, my kid isn’t doing algebra for the 10 yr old, but that’s not what this post is about either. I am just thinking it’s kinda nice that, without even really trying hard, these things are already instilled in my daughter – as they were with my son, but he was a little older. I’m asking an genuine question to my readers, although as in times past, I know better than to expect *any* answers… but what did/does your 3-4 year old do? Does he/she know this stuff? Would they be bored, as mine apparently already is, with these worksheets asking her to color in just the squares, etc.? Now, I KNOW she’s not a baby genius LOL I just wonder, where is she on the developmental curve along with others her age. Oh, and does he/she use words like “actually”? LOL