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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on the kid.  For mine, no.  They did best with a combination of play/academics at that age and it really prepared them well for school.

I had a curious kid who read at age 3 without formal instruction.[/quote]

Sure he/she did.  I guess your child spoke Latin too, right?[/quote]

He did. And, I know others who did too.  Just because yours didn't doesn't mean others don't.[/quote]

Whatever allows you to sleep at night.[/quote]

Meeting my child's needs does let me sleep at night.  Play based is not right for all kids.  And, by 4, they need more structure to prepare for K.[/quote]

Play based does provide structure. It doesn’t mean your kids are just playing all day.  It means that the children learn through engagement instead of worksheets, beads, breaking dishes, etc.[/quote]

It is not the same structure.  We did both.  Play based was not a good fit and when I looked at the older 4's group they did not seem prepared at all for K.  Many didn't know colors, alphabet, numbers or basic reading but some of that is on the parents too.

Nothing wrong with worksheets to teach reading, writing, math and handwriting.[/quote]

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