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[quote=Anonymous]The "work" of preschool is play, OP. As a PP noted, much of the play is building skills kids will need for school, like fine motor skills and patience to sit through a class circle time. If he can identify the letters and their sounds by the time he starts kindergarten, he is in good shape for what kinder teachers expect. He may know how to write his name by the start of kindergarten, but many kids don't and it works out fine. Our school's 4s class does things like: - Legos and fuse beads (fine motor) - Collaborative storytelling (waiting for your turn, respecting others' ideas, being creative) - Singing (music! and also patience to sit) - Gardening (more learning to wait, cooperation, turn taking) - Block building (problem-solving, collaboration) - Outdoor play (gross motor skills, social skills) - Storytime (learning to love books and reading) None of it is explicitly academic. That's what kindergarten is for.[/quote]
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