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[quote=Anonymous]It shouldn't be reassuring. K is extremely academic in this area and your child will be forced to spend a huge part of every day doing worksheets. I didn't realize this until I took a day off and volunteered for a full day one day last winter.

The kids that are ahead still have to do the worksheets and unless you get a really amazing teacher there's no enrichment work. The kids that are behind struggle because the classes are too big for much remedial help. There are some kids who are at the "right" level for the teaching and learning every day, but I think in our class that was maybe a quarter of the students.
We are at a supposedly very good W feeder elementary. There is very little play based learning. They do have free time for centers in the afternoon but there's not enough staff to make that a learning experience academically. It does help with social skills of course.

One of my DCs had miserable time as the teachers were strict about trying to make him do his work even though it was clear he was several years ahead in what they were doing. I thought he would learn discipline, but he was just resentful and began to hate everything school except for recess when he could play with his friends. I wish I had had the money to send him to a play-based school for K.

[quote=Anonymous]Oh my.

I admit with all my various concerns about my child starting Kindergarten - lack of academic rigor as never entered my mind.  Truthfully more of the opposite.   I'm hoping that they still do get plenty of time to play and do lots of play based learning.  I'm wishing they still did morning snack and recess and hoping they have quiet time after lunch/afternoon recess.  I also wish they had daily P.E. and lots of specials - including age-appropriate foreign language classes.

In an odd way this thread is reassuring - I'm used to hearing about how academically focused Kindergarten is these days. Hopefully there will be a nice balance.  I'm confident that my child will do well with reading, writing and math but really want it to be fun along the way and to continue to foster a love of school and learning and to develop good "learning skills" for a lack of a better word.[/quote][/quote]

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