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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Not to mention, while reading is more important than art and music, [/quote]

No, it is not---especially not for a kid who has not had those experiences in preschool.  Those kids NEED art and music more than ever because they didn't get the fine motor control that comes with drawing, cutting, etc. that others had in preschool.  They haven't had the listening and group focus that comes with music.  Preschool is all about music, rhyme, art, movement, play, etc.  Some kids still need that (especially in K-2).  If you hone in on reading too soon, they miss the development that they need from those other activities.  If you push them to read before they are ready, reading is not enjoyable.  To everything there is a season.  If you force people to do things before they are ready (and this is at any age), you cause resentment, behavior issues, and later on, self esteem issues.  Let the kids have some time to play and laugh and smile.  Society will be better for it.  [/quote]

The PP who said they stopped working as a reading intervention person said that they had been working in a middle school.[/quote]

Someone working at trying to help struggling kids read (anti-CC reading intervention teacher) seems at odds with the other anti-CC person who prefers to throw reading into the wind and instead just have kids spend ES finger painting.  [/quote]

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