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[quote=Anonymous]The foundations for traditional academic skills - attending to an adult in a group situation, understanding the functions of print and the ways we communicate, inquisitiveness, reasoning through a problem -  can be supported in preschool. Language and vocabulary, important predictors of children's later academic success, can also be developed in prek through storybook reading, thematic explorations, and even targeted small group instruction.  Schools need structure and instructional leadership to make sure that these things happen consistently across all classrooms for all children.  Playful, engaging and intentional classrooms can support the development of important skills.  But the "just letting them play" all the time won't necessarily build these skills  and doesn't maximize the investment that the city has put into  preschool.  At the same time, repetitive drilling on skills, removing all child choice, etc. is harmful for children at all grade levels.  Building academic skills doesn't have to happen with children sitting in little desks.[/quote]

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