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[quote=Anonymous]I think there is nothing wrong with expose the child to letters and numbers. The age inappropriateness happens when the teachers think all 3 year olds should be able to do it. And if any child is not doing it, then she is behind and needs to catch up.

Frankly I am not sure that is the case here. OP seems to be feeling pressures from the teachers that it is the goal for the 3 year olds. From my experience with preschools, they do evaluate the kids on things like this along a million others things such as whether the kids sit in circles, walk backwards, what have you.  Only a very rare child will be advanced in all areas. And they always have to find a few things that the child needs improving on. I wonder whether the OP is overreacting a bit to the teacher's conference with them.

BTW, if the school really think all 3 year olds need to know this to graduate to the 4's room, then that is beyond ridiculous.

Having said all that, I love the preschool prep videos. My son watched some of them when he was 3, and he really got the phonics done with a few times watching the videos. [/quote]

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