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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If interested, please sign up for a session. http://info.basised.com/dc-k4[/quote]
I’d love to see the curriculum for “Engineering” in kindergarten.

Is it a marketing gimmick?[/quote]

Have you heard of Legos or building toys?

Obviously no experience with the model, but having 2 teachers in the classroom from K-4 is a plus. https://www.basised.com/academics/curriculum/grades-1-4-curriculum/[/quote]
Who calls blocks “engineering”? That takes real chutzpah![/quote]

I mean, yeah, they are promoting their school. I'm not sure using a term like "engineering" for elementary is any more ridiculous than claiming a PK3 program is STEM focused (like my son's matched DCPS does). Or that a day care that simply employs Spanish speaking workers is "bilingual immersion" (I actually find this laughable when people say their 18 mo kid in day care is an immersion program...). I don't think anyone believes their 1st grader is doing regressions, but having projects that help teach mechanics and spacial reasoning through hands on activities is both age appropriate and does fall in the realm of engineering. [/quote]

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