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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The story that Grandma tells is fairly accurate in my daughters classroom too. Her teacher doesn't like TOTM either and says it doesn't teach them what they need to know. My daughters teacher is Highly Effective. So what gives? My daughters teacher isn't the most creative either. She's an older teacher and doesn't care for much of the chaos that play involves. She is highly organized and I can tell that a lot of activity bothers her. Clearly, all TOTM schools and teachers aren't the same. I feel that my daughter is academically and socially growing. [/quote]

Well, I also teach TOTM, like the curriculum well enough to implement it with a decent amount of fidelity, and am Highly Effective. This gets back to an earlier point someone made about the quality of the teacher and how they implement any curriculum.

[quote=Anonymous]Why dont you all just look at the independent research regarding tools of the mind?  I provided the link up thread.  It is does absolutely NOTHING.  It sounds good but it does nothing. The idea of teaching kids to "play" is absolutely ridiculous.  Grandma's assessment up thread only illustrates the research.[/quote]

I don't believe one link that you googled is substantial evidence to claim that a curriculum does nothing. Is TOTM better than other curriculums? I don't think so, but it's not without merit. Also, you're clearly missing the point of the curriculum, and really of early childhood, if you think the curriculum is designed to teach kids how to play.[/quote]

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