Reply to What would you do? The opposite of redshirting

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "What would you do? The opposite of redshirting"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like you did your kid a disservice by placing him in such an academically rigorous program as a toddler. You say you want to do what is best but evidence shows play based learning is best for young kids. To answer you original question. The absolute only way you will find out is calling the principal and even if they say ok, you have to count on principals not changing before your kid actually starts at that school. You could always just private forever though. [/quote]
I am not sure why you say that. The purpose of preschools isn't to carve children into whatever mold FCPS has issued; it's to provide an appropriately structured engagement that helps children learn and grow.  The fact that he learned lots of things at preschool doesn't mean he learned it while chained to his desk.  They do maybe an hour of "academics" a day - the rest of the day is all play during which they learn lots of things. [/quote]

How many hours a day is your kid in preschool? Are you sure you don't mean daycare with an academic model? I'm very impressed that a school is teaching toddlers to read in multiple languages through play.[/quote]
It's a full-time program, a preschool/daycare model - academics & play in the morning, more play/activities after lunch. Same as every other full-time facility with "preschool" in its name. A four-year old is hardly a toddler. [/quote]

So they do zero academic work until the kids move up to the four year old group, then they teach them to read and write in two languages in a year? [/quote]
You just keep making things up, don't you?  Literacy is a continuum.  I never said zero academic work happens before the pre-K class.  The 3-year olds may learn ABCs, blocks, songs, cards, what have you.  The 4-year olds learn to write, learn to read simple words, review word families.  The goal is to promote literacy in age-appropriate ways, and kids move toward this goal in age-appropriate steps. Some arrive faster. [/quote]

This all sounds age-inappropriate to me, but obviously there's a market for it. (Flashcards for 3 year olds? Teaching 4 year olds to read?). Sad.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics