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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is K not developmentally appropriate?  It is school, where they are supposed to be learning.  It is not preschool and playtime.[/quote]

It could be more play based learning rather than standard based etc. [/quote]

Why?  It is supposed to be about learning the foundation work for upper grades.  Preschool is for play.  Hold your kid back if they still need play.  Or, your preschool didn't prepare your child for learning.  We found K-2 painfully slow and not academic enough.[/quote]

I think you can learn the foundations through play.  I'm not really complaining about K now, just saying what some people think about the K curriculum.  I would be ok with a more play based curriculum but I did not redshirt because of it. [/quote]

+1. Also, it wasn't as academic (require/ a standard that children read by end of Kindergarten) until 10-15 years ago. I think "play" is misunderstood in the context of early childhood. So much research has been done that says children learn best through play and self discovery. Play based learning in K  does  set the foundation of being engaged in learning as opposed to hating school, like many kids do, because they are completely uninterested and disconnected.. First grade was traditionally when reading and arithmetic instruction stated. Don't hate the players, hate the game.[/quote]

Exactly. [/quote]

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