Hi, this is my first mumsnet question so be kind! My son has just turned 3 and has just started preschool 4 days per week (up from 1 day per week since June) he loves learning, he knows all his letters, numbers to 100, simple addition, shapes and colours in English and Spanish, 2s 5s and 10 times table and is recently reading.
My concern is that (baring in mind he's attended for months) one of the staff came up to me very excited because he had recognised the letter 'm' for mummy in a catalogue. It's like they don't know him and what he can do at all. So I arranged a meeting with the manager so I could get an idea of what he does and she says they don't encourage learning letters, writing their name or numbers above 10 as 'that's reception level,' she also essentially said he should do extra work etc at home either (it's ALL he wants to do at home, I have to force him to watch tv or play so I get a break!)
Don't get me wrong I know there's more to preschool than academics but I'm slightly concerned what he's going to DO for the next year and a half before school if he's already learnt everything they teach.
Are all preschools like this or would I be better off looking for one that nurtures his abilities?
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Born2011 · 05/02/2019 18:40
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