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OP here - even if that preschool is 100% play based? There's no academic, sitting still for hours on end component to our preschool. There's still a 2 hour long nap/quiet time period, even for 4 year olds. They go outside 2-3 times a day.

No 4 year old class should be having a 2 hour rest period. Something is very wrong with that preschool. [b]And, why on earth are there no academics to get them prepared for K[/b]?[/quote]

For a four year old who goes outside 2-3 times per day and is busy with other activities, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a two hour quiet tine.  This sounds like a day care situation where the kids probably come early and stay late.  Quiet time includes books, etc and, yes, some kids may nap.
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Not sure why people feel the need to make a big deal out of the distinction between full day preschool ("that's daycare!") and half day preschool ("that's a playgroup!").  My child goes to a full day preschool.  Someone else's 3 half days a week program is a preschool, too, just a different kind.  To address the bolded, there's been a ton of research that says that children even out in the first 2-3 years of elementary school regardless of the type of instruction (play based vs. direct instruction) they had in preschool (if they went to preschool at all).  Kids learn a lot while they are playing even if it's not how to read, and there are things that kids don't learn while they're doing worksheets at a table and learning how to read.[/quote]

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