maybe so. In any event, I would not consider that amount of time disproportionately small for a five year old. He would be getting quite a bit less at public school and there is the matter of attention span to consider. Dana
On 10/23/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah I know that is what a lot do now, but that wasn't what we did. I > knew my letters and numbers well before I got to kindergarten. > > We did Basic English including sentence diagramming, and math word > problems. By first grade we were reading short stories and simple novels > and were doing multiplication and simple division. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 5:32 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Home Schooling (was Re: Olsen Twins of the White > Nationalist movement) > > at age five? This is kindergarten. Maybe grade one for an advanced > child. > Most classrooms are doing letters and numbers at this age. I did a > google > for instructional minutes and got a million admonitions on a million > school > web pages about how important they are, but no numbers. I asked for the > study on the list where I think I saw this discussed and will post it if > I > hear. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177829 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
