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Yesterday, my kindergartener came home with a math worksheet that had the following problems on it: 18-7= ?; 23-12= ?, 16-5 = ?

My kindergarten experience consisted of drinking punch, rest, practicing counting and playing house. [/quote]

My specialty is not early childhood development, but I wouldn't expect the typical 5-6-year-old to have difficulty with the idea that if you have 16 acorns, and someone takes away 5 acorns, how many acorns will you have left?[/quote]

+1, you break it down.  At that age we used the favorite toys that we had many of like skylanders and hot wheels.  Easy way to show them and they can figure it out.  Mine was not drinking punch, rest and playing.  Many kids go into school reading, knowing their numbers and understanding the basic concept of addition and subtraction.  It sucks for those kids to have a dumbed down curriculum waiting for kids who were not taught at home or preschool.  We weren't even allowed punch at that age.  My elementary school kids have never had punch.  So, they could read and do basic numbers but fail K. as they will not be drinking punch.[/quote]

Can you please rephrase? I cannot understand what idea you are trying to convey. [/quote]

Her idea is that children do not learn through play -- in contradiction to what every child expert and parent knows.

And that punch is morally wrong.  [/quote]

I don't understand. Nobody is saying that children shouldn't learn through play. But your position seems to be that children should only learn through play. Or do I misunderstand?[/quote]

I am the PP who started this thread (not the OP, or the person you are questioning, just to clarify). In  public school today, children have very little play, no matter how you slice it. Sure, they Can they read at 4/5 and handle all the extra seated/desk time. They’ll adapt to it, even with growing pains. Is it good for them? IMO, no. Kindergarten use to be an introduction to school. There was nap and dramatic play across the board. Some don’t have snack anymore and many have homework. Again, sure some can do it, some may even like it, but why do they need to do it when generations before them learned to read and be good students without this intense academic pressure at such a young age. [/quote]

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