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[quote=Anonymous]I went to kindergarten in 1980.  I went in the morning and came home and took a nap.  We did a letter each week and did some art activities featuring that letter.  I remember singing songs, playing on the playground, having a snack, playing in centers (blocks, housekeeping, etc).  I think I learned how to write my name.  I still have quite a few holiday crafts that my mom saved from kindergarten.  We learned phonics in first grade from a phonics book with a plaid cover.  I am a teacher now and I don't know if I would've done very well if I had to go to school now.  It's sad that our kindergarten teachers have to "sneak" time in for play these days.  They have wooden blocks, Legos, etc hidden in their cabinets.  I think all of this early education nonsense is backfiring already.  Ask most kids in say, third grade what they think about school and I bet you don't get a positive response.  My son is in 3rd grade and he doesn't like school except for the usuals- lunch, gym, recess.  He said he wishes he could just read a book all day and he is tired of talking about reading.  He just wants to actually read.  The sum total of my reading strategies was "if it doesn't make sense, go back and reread it."  I have 2 Master's degrees so something went right for me in school.[/quote]

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