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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, my kid had a wonderful 6 months in PK3 at a DCPS elementary...then Covid hit and that was that. I can't remember much about it other than his teacher was great and he loved it. It's PK3, it's play based. It was a title one school so there were 16 kids in his class.

Honestly, you sound pretty high strung. It's PK, they play, they learn the alphabet, how to count to 10, then 20, then more. They learn sounds and syllables. That's it. Breathe. It's where they go while you go to work. If you want whatever else, pay for a private. [/quote]

Me again. After reading some other posts below, it made me remember a bit more about typical days and what the classroom was like. 
First, it was a PK3/PK4 classroom. There were several play stations (like a kitchen, a dollhouse, a grocery store etc). Kids sat at round tables to draw, paint etc. They started each day with a morning meeting with songs, talking about the day etc. They had a good social-emotional unit and each day, one kid was chosen to be complimented and everyone had to give the classmate a compliment. The teacher set the tone with things like I like how you sing songs when you’re playing in the kitchen. Sometimes, the teacher would write the compliment on a paper and the kid who gave it did a drawing of it and gave it to my kid (so sweet and cute).

They rotated through the play stations, played outside, did some literacy and math, and that was it. They had recess separately from the higher grades.

We lived in walking distance and that was great too. It was also the school where most of my kid’s daycare friends ended up so he already had friends when he started.

We were able to tour etc before entering the lottery. I suspect many schools allow this.

All this to say OP, do some research, talk to your friends and neighbors about schools you’re considering and go from there. Your DCPS may be what you’re looking for.

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