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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've become pretty unhappy with my 3.5 year olds preschool and its emergent curriculum. I'd like to find a place with more structure and more preparation for kindergarten, but I don't know what to search for.  I don't like montessori for the lack of structure and mixed ages, and I am not having a positive experience with child-led/play based/emergent...they've made it pretty clear they won't do any differentiation to prep kids for K their final year and won't help with handwriting unless the child leads them to...  I want a place that is fun but provides a bit of basic K prep daily...alphabet, numbers, how to hold a pencil and write (badly) your name...  Can anyone advise me on what words I should be looking for as I search for a PK like this? What type of curriculum is this?[/quote]

Are you sure your school really isn’t doing basic letters, numbers, and writing?  Even in a play based setting, they usually incorporate these topics in the course of play.

I know my kids play based preschool does lots of games with letters and numbers and my kids knows most them at this point.  They have the kids sign in every day to practice writing and have options during free play to look at words and write them, at least some days.  [/quote]

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