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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No.  I am not.

Before becoming a mom, I was a preschool director (I have my masters in ECD).  Preschool and socialization in our socio-economic group are totally and completely unnecessary.  Little kid classes are fun, nice and cute but no child with a stable home life and educated parents or caregivers needs to attend or will gain much from it.  Some studies even point to early school as a deterrent to creative thinking and personal exploration.   [/quote]

Wow, that’s sad that you think this. I’m the pp preschool teacher and my two primary focuses during the school year are socio-emotional development, and open-ended exploration.  No worksheets, no crafts where the end result of the project is to look the same as everyone else’s. I agree that many kids would be fine without 3 years of preschool, but at least one to learn some social skills....helpful in my opinion.[/quote]

Another teacher - a kindergarten teacher - here.  I agree with the first teacher.  Some of my brightest and most imaginative students didn’t attend preschool.  Socially they were fine and caught on to the rules easily and were well liked kids.

How much “open-ended exploration” can a three-year-old really do when the class has to move on?

I used to send my child to preschool (traditional 3 hour morning preschool) for the change of pace for her and because I wanted a break!

Years ago, no one started school until five. [/quote]

+1 Nanny and homeschool teacher here.  I’ve seen the same.  Kids who had previously been able to focus on a fun game (or their creation) for long periods gradually lost that ability due to so many forced changes in preschool.  They also seemed to lose creative drive (more common in kids who attended Montessori).[/quote]

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