A mum I know from the school runs seems to be trying to make her reception aged child super advanced. She's a very bright child and at 4 she was writing sentances neatly (like a ten year old) cutting out beautifully, reading beautifully. Colouring in immaculately. She just is really bright.
Her mum walked home with me yesterday telling me she's bought a package for this child now she's off school with work right through to year 6. She has done a full plan and said she's doing half an hour a day of maths, English , reading and religious studies.
Obviously the child won't do what she doesn't want too. But we are not being told to push our children like this. In the long term is this a good thing? Will she be bored by year 2. When my daughter made her daughter a picture she laughed at it because she had coloured out the lines abit.
I asked her how she was going to do all this learning with a one and three year old also in the house. She said they also will have lessons and she told me the plan for them too. It all sounded great but wow.
Should children be pushed at 4/5 to be doing work way ahead of their peers? I have never come across this before. She's very enthusiastic about having her home and she can't wait to educate her. I just can't imagine this child will ever be stimulated enough in her own year. Do they put children forward a few years when they are this clever?