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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I taught in a UMC area a few years ago and when kids are constantly in motion and have activities provided to them all of the time, they become anxious/uneasy when there is down time. “What do I do know?” They couldn’t sit and draw or read for a few minutes in between classes. They would ask that question repeatedly. Any kind of downtime was a problem that they wanted an adult to solve. [/quote]

What age were you expecting kids to sit and read between classes?[/quote]

As a former preschool teacher, I'm going to say that some kids can do this at 3, and the vast majority at 4.  I mean, many of them are looiking at books, not reading them, but sitting for 5 minutes with a book is a realistic expectation before Kindergarten. [/quote]

You sound like a good teacher.  Some of it is about structure and teaching them at the preschool level.  We had amazing teachers who started this at 3/4 so come K, it was never an issue and they knew the expectations.[/quote]

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