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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year my son, 4.5 yo, was at a traditional preschool. It was a good mix of play and academics, with daily circle time, exposure to letters/number and name recognition etc done in a fun way. He was very engaged at this school and always volunteered a lot of information about his day there upon pickup on his own. He often played "school" in the afternoons. Unfortunately the school did not open this fall.

We now have almost finished two weeks in a very play based school that focuses on "projects" (seems close to reggio emilia but they don't describe themselves as such). There's no circle time and they write their name with glitter instead of a pen type thing. My concern is he is unable to recall absolutely anything he did there and I wondering if that's because whatever "project" they are doing is not impressionable to him and he's not engaged? Maybe not a good fit?

Should I try to find somewhere else that is more "traditional", like his previous school? All I ever read is that it's not as developmentally appropriate yet he seemed to thrive better in that environment than the current play based one. [/quote]

I would just give him time.  He is adapting to the change, just like you.  IMO, the *type* of school doesn't matters unless you have a child who is "extremely" something - extremely shy, extremely misbehaved, extremely smart, etc.  [/quote]

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