My third grader in an American MI program, albeit a new one, was evaluated at her new school and placed with the Chinese 1st graders in her BJ school. We suspected 2 grades behind since in China the kids know so many more characters by the start of 3rd grade. But still, it was a hard blow. At least her friend is also in the class so that helps.
Interestingly, in the U.S. LiLi has a Mandarin afterschool homework-helper 4 days a week so she actually gets more exposure than many MI kids. It has likely helped her accent since she seems to have a good one. But didn't help the two-grades-behind issue.
Tonight the new Ayi helped her with her homework and since I haven't yet started working I was here to see it: Bouncing off the walls and furniture, literally.
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