Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong

Re:Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong by AuryGlenz on Monday April 17, 2023 @10:30AM (#35601283)

For what it’s worth, that doesn’t sound typical to me. I’d say pre-school, it’s it’s done at all, is done at the age of 4 - maybe 3 if you’re doing it super early. I’ve never heard of “K4” and “K5,” and most kids start kindergarten at age 5 and only do one year of it.

Where do you live?

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Re:Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong by Izkata on Monday April 17, 2023 @10:35AM (#35601364)

Same here, I did one year of each immediately before first grade. Never heard of two years of kindergarten before.

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Re:Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong by nemo44x on Monday April 17, 2023 @01:02PM (#35603520)

I did a lookup and a lot of places refer to what called “K4” as “Pre-k”. Where I grew up I had preschool and then K4 and then K5.

My son started preschool at 2.5. I guess anywhere between 2.5 and 3 is typical here. Then pre-k at 4.

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Re:Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong by germinalphrase on Monday April 17, 2023 @05:56PM (#35607160)

Where is "here"? In the upper midwest, "Pre-K"/"4K" is age four. Kindergarten is age 5. There is not typically anything earlier than that, and parents are on the hook to find their own daycare if not home with the child.

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Re:Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong by nemo44x on Monday April 17, 2023 @07:33PM (#35608053)

NYC has “3K for all”. All kids get free 3K now. Many surrounding areas (like in NJ) have new programs for this with coverage expanding.

Where I live it’s private. So parents send their kids to pre-school at 2.5-3. But by 4 the public schools will take them in.

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Re:Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong by germinalphrase on Monday April 17, 2023 @08:01PM (#35608269)

That’s interesting. Thanks.

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