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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you aren't going to explain exactly *why* you think Reggio schools fail to prepare kids, this is useless. There is a very broad variety in these schools.

Also, has it occurred to you that the kids you are currently getting in 1st grade in NW DC may have missed most of PK3 and PK4 in person due to Covid? Or even if they were in person, that these programs were very different during these years due to Covid restrictions like masking, class quarantines due to exposures, and social distancing requirements. Especially critical in a play-based program. They didn't really get a true Reggio experience.[/quote]

NP. Second paragraph-good point.[/quote]

Not OP, but I assume OP is saying (s)he now sees what is expected of students in 1st grade, and she knows what kind of preparation kids who go to Reggio schools get….[/quote]

I understand. I still think the 2nd paragraph is a good point. [/quote]

Nonsense. I’m a Girl Scout leader and have a first grader. Last year in K was tough, but graders now are caught up from COVID. Unless the parents are very extreme and not letting their kids interact and socialize normally. [/quote]

Oh, well. Ok, then. It’s nonsense if you say so.[/quote]

Most kids don’t have formal pre-K programs. This year’s first graders had a full year of kindergarten before this year and a year plus of regular socializing. If your kid is behind, they have something else going on or it’s parenting. Typical kids are just not struggling this year like they were last year. You can’t blame COVID forever.[/quote]

So you're not in DC then? In DC, a significant portion of DCPS students attend preschool through DCPS, so it's a formal program. And DCPS schools were closed from March 2020 until spring of 2021, and many didn't re-open until fall 2021. And then during the 2021-2022 school year, DCPS required masks and social distancing and had frequent quarantines for exposures and positive cases. Even for kids who did private preschool, if you were in DC these programs were very different than normal from 2020-2022 -- frequent quarantines, masking, often shortened hours, and social distancing that changed how teachers led classes. In DC, it's also more rare for kid's to get NO formal preschool -- between universal PK and the fact that it's less common for people here to have a SAHM, the vast majority of kids are in formal preschool programs, which ran very irregularly from 2020-2022.

So in DC, the place where OP teaches, a significant percent of the 1st grade population is still pretty heavily impacted by Covid. This is basically the first "normal" school year for these kids, and I've heard from K-2nd grade teachers all year that it has been a much tougher year for behavioral issues, having kids well below grade level especially in reading, more challenges with socialization, shorter attention spans, etc.

These kids have had a really weird few years.[/quote]

Thank you, PP. I didn’t have the energy.[/quote]

We all lived through the pandemic. Your types will be making your kids mask then blaming their behavior on COVID in middle school. There’s no reasoning.[/quote]

Apparently you can't read. No one is masking their kid or blaming Covid for anything. These schools were closed for a year or more and then kids had to return in masks with Covid restrictions for another year. I didn't choose any of that. Yes it had an impact on kids and if the OP is struggling with kids in her 1st grade class, it would be insane to blame it on the preschool philosophies of the preschools they BARELY attended during Covid than on Covid itself.[/quote]

Ah, you are at one of the charters. Hope your DCI preference is worth it.[/quote]

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