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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t listen to these ridiculous posters, the handwringing over anxious preschoolers completing reams of worksheets is just a reflection of parents worried other kids are outpacing their own. My child went to an academic preschool where they played but also spent an hour writing, reading (letter sounds) and adding small numbers. My child also *gasp* spent 30 minutes at home practicing phonics and a K math book daily. When did he play? The rest of the whole day! He missed absolutely nothing, and went into K reading chapter books. I really don’t get the Only Play thing with kids.[/quote]

Ok, but what did he gain by going into K reading chapter books? That’s the point. Kids have the entire rest of their schooling to sit at desks and read. They have a very short time when they can play all day. Most of the kindergarten classrooms in Arlington don’t even have toys because there is no time in the day for playing; it’s all academics. Let the preschoolers play![/quote]
This is the problem: somehow there exists this idea that children who advance early aren’t playing and I’m honestly puzzled how this myth has survived so long. A four year old can learn how to read in 10 minutes a day. A year of that, and the child can read at a 2nd grade level. Preschool is the best time to learn. The child has no pressure and endless time. You know when the worst time to read begins? When they are sitting in a classroom with 26 other noisy children for 8 hours a day with a report card detailing their progress. If you don’t see the benefits for a young child to be able to pick up any book in their library and understand it independently, then we don’t share the same views on parenting. And that’s okay, that’s exactly why preschools offer different curricula.[/quote]

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