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[quote=Anonymous]I am touring preschools for my younger child and visited a Reggio preschool today. I love the Reggio philosophy and personally feel it is the most developmentally appropriate. However, I also have a kindergartner and now know first hand just what is expected of them. Apparently the FCPS school we're zoned for is pretty academically intense compared to the other elementary schools in our immediate area, according to the director of the preschool I toured. My guess is it's because it is the AAP center and there are a lot of parents who basically groom their kids for AAP.

My now kindergartner went to a different preschool that had some of the elements seen at a Reggio school but is not "all in" the way the preschool I toured today is. For example, my older child's preschool still did some formal instruction on letters and their sounds as well as some basic math/counting. It was done through projects/activities as opposed to worksheets, but the instruction was definitely intentional. The Reggio school I toured today seems to expose the kids to this stuff but does not intentionally teach it the same way.

For those who sent their kids to a Reggio preschool, do you feel like they were well prepared for public K in this area? I know my older child's K did an assessment before school started asking the kids to identify letters (and their sounds I think) along with some basic counting/numbers stuff. This Reggio school seems to think that knowing all that isn't a big deal before K and that focusing on problem-solving, collaborative work, sharing, etc. is most important. Like I said I tend to agree that this is more developmentally appropriate, but I can't change the way K is nowadays and I don't want to set my kid up to be behind right off the bat. Complicating matters is the fact that my younger child has a condition that is not likely to qualify them for special ed preschool but will probably make classroom learning more challenging even with some services/supports.

I'd love to hear perspectives from anyone who has BTDT.

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