“that explains why Kindergarten Sight-Words Are Not A Good Idea.”
Thank God my nephew’s son will be able to read fluently before he ever goes to school. He’s not even three yet and he knows both his alphabet and numbers up to and past 10. His parents are staunch... no, make that RABIDLY conservative and their arsenal would put many FReepers to shame. (Nephew can usually quote muzzle velocities for various ammo of the top of his head when we talk guns.)
I’ve been encouraging them to homeschool, as the niece doesn’t work, but they think that the local school district is reasonably good, since they both went there. I think they may revise that opinion when the kid actually starts school and they find out just what his indoctrination will be like. And it won’t be conservative.
I would dearly love to help them homeschool him. I’ve got a couple of years yet to convince them. By that time the kid will be reading textbooks, I swear.
OR when he starts school and they find out that the system can't deal with a 5-year-old who can already read, write, add and recite muzzle velocities. Wait for them to recommend "counseling" because the boy likes to talk about guns ...
Tell them about the “Day of Silence”, Kevin Jennings, and GLSEN.
Flesch, etc. often talk about school-proofing kids, especially in reading. I’ve been using the phrase Parallel Education for EVERYTHING that happens outside of school; I suspect it’s more important than ever.
I’ve made some videos just right for that boy; see below. There’s another one for capital letters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTMQZSs2PWA
And a good numbers one called NumbersS 1-10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZuUz3WNv-w&feature=related