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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you need to play the long game here. Speaking as someone with a high schooler and middle schooler, the most important goal for kids in preschool and K is to learn how to learn.

The kids who got lots of workbooks, structure and one-way direction are often the ones who have the hardest time extending, making connections, and developing original analyses. They might be reading “Harry Potter” in first grade, but they’re not organizing their own neighborhood Quiddich league, with codified rules and uniforms. The ones who were encouraged to experiment, collaborate, and goof around are the ones now tinkering in the MakerSpace, leading class discussions, approaching teachers with questions, and generally saying “Yeah, but what if...?”[/quote]

+100  you want your kids to achieve because they are curious, not because it wins them praise from an adult. We try to teach our kids that the purpose of school is a means to an end - give them the tools to do whatever they want.[/quote]

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