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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it possible or useful to make a list of known play based programs in DC?[/quote]

Curious about this, with some caveats since there’s some disagreement in this thread about what “play-based” refers to.

Mostly though I think we should listen to the teachers, who probably have a better sense of not just their classroom and what their school requires but also trends within DCPS. We parents can get too defensive of our own decisions or jump to extremes. I don’t know how a section of this thread concluded people asking about play are then anti-learning and should go to forest school … really doesn’t help the discussion. 
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You should attend open houses of schools within a small radius of your home and pick the school that best fits your needs.

The stress of commuting across the city is not worth avoiding an occasional small group or explicit phonics instruction.[/quote]

It’s not stressful to know my child is learning in a way that’s developmentally appropriate. And who said one would have to commute ‘across the city,’ your IB could very well not be using a crazy amount of tech. Your ‘whatever’ attitude is part of the reason why US education ranks so lowly across the developed world.

Apologies if I believe teachers who work in DCPS more than your experience.

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I was specifically responding to your request for a list of schools.

It's not really valuable for anyone here to attempt to list "play-based" schools because there does not seem to be agreement on what that means. My advice was to go to open houses within a reasonable radius of your house to find the program you think will best meet your definition of "play-based." Near your house is important because a long commute is taxing for both parent and small child.

My attitude is not whatever. It's: check out schools, pick what you think will fit your family best, enroll if offered, and finally trust that the people you're leaving your child with are passionate professionals with your child's best interests at heart. If you feel like you can't do that for DCPS PK, DC public and charter schools are probably not going to work for you in the long term either.[/quote]

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