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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are new to MCPS this year and my son is in kindergarten at a reputable ES.

I'm getting the impression the majority of his day is spent either watching a screen (Smartboard), watching YouTube videos, and time spent on his Chromebook. It all seems very excessive and also very misaligned with what we know about placing limits on screen time. He even told me they watched Cat in the Hat in art class as a "reward". He also voiced his teacher has only read a book aloud to them once this year, and instead, he watches YouTube videos of other people reading books. I don't think reading out loud to children should be considered old-fashioned, given the immense body of research that says read-alouds by adults is actually an invaluable way to become a better reader.

Is this just a post-COVID reality? Or is anything being done to address this? And if not, what can be done to address these sorts of things? I'm a teacher and it boggles my mind that there doesn't seem to be much uproar on this issue. a[/quote]

Teacher here. Do you know who buys all of the books teachers read to students? Teachers buy them. It took me many, many years to build up my classroom library. If I don't have a book and nobody in my school has it, I show it on YouTube.[/quote]

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