Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Schools and Education General Discussion
Reply to "play-based kindergarten?"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I don't get about the play based argument is that the same parents who support this approach seem to have no issue with the highly academic oriented public schools once 1st grade starts (and most of them also tend to be highly into competitive sports which is a separate topic). Why is there such a dividing line between playing when little and doing academics when older? Why shouldn't children be learning about the world and academic thinking and learning about each other through play all through life?[/quote] The argument is that young children's brains are developing differently. They are not only mini-adults in the way they learn, they are also not mini-older-children in the way they learn. Not saying I totally disagree with you, but that's the foundation of the approach and there is some science to support it.[/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
