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[quote=Anonymous]My kids did ECE at Ludlow-Taylor. It is Reggio-inspired and moving further in that direction (for instance, with the addition of a new Reggio art room/project space for ECE in the new addition). It is fairly play based. For PK3, there is  "strong start" circle time (where they talk about what day of the week it is, what the weather is like outside, what they did over the weekend, etc) and then a 10-15 minute Heggerty phonics lesson (all verbal, call and repeat and using hand motions-style focused on the sounds that start words or breaking up words into sounds or syllable counting or whatever). Otherwise, it is more or less all what I would describe as play-based. There are self-chosen centers which range from true play (imaginative play centered around the large play center/climbing structure in each classroom or the sensory table/bin (with sand or water or playdough and manipulatives)) to more obviously learning through play, but still play (art with letter stamps, puzzles, games involving counting). One center choice is usually working on their Reggio-based project/area of study (which the kids pick and might be space or balls or the ocean or trash) and sometimes they do group activities around that to (brainstorming questions to answer, planning field trips). They also get a special or two each day, which range from totally play (PE) to a little more learning-oriented (Spanish) depending on the subject.

PK 4 introduces a self-guided 10-15 math activity in the morning, and a center station more explicitly focused on writing (often in the form of writing family or friends "letters"), but is otherwise basically the same.

The only homework in ECE was bringing materials for Reggio projects (toilet rolls, plastic bottles, broken crayons) and one all about me poster project with a picture from each age and a sentence about it in PK4. Definitely no take-home worksheets or anything along those lines.[/quote]

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