As my mom says, it’s a blessing and curse to be a teacher and a parent - you know too much. My son’s teacher is new this year (I believe this is an important fact). My son is working above grade level in most subjects.
The class is taught with almost exclusively worksheets and the smart board (and no windows!) So to combat his boredom, the teacher just gives him advanced work. What she doesn’t account for is the content vs child development. For example: in grade 1, my son was given a 30 page, DETAILED workbook on the water table, pollution, and how humans have damaged the environment. I sent an email saying how upset my son was for a week, worried about how we are hurting the environment. I was told he was given the worksheet “because he was capable of doing it”. No further discussion.
I don’t want to “tell this teacher what to do” but I’m unhappy with her teaching methods. There are other examples of when my child has been taught, but not “cared for” or thought of in a well rounded way (eg. Didn’t notice he didn’t eat any lunch, or when he had an accident one day) and there are only 14 in the class.
What would you do, or say?