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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually bought a Melissa and Doug shoe tying board. None of my kids had shoes that tied.

You’d be shocked at what her peers in kindergarten don’t know. A lot still can’t write their names or speak English. Some kids didn’t know how to hold a book or that we read from left to right. It’s way beyond remedial teaching.

I will say though that my daughter had never been in school before either. We had a nanny and her preK never opened. I think this past fall was the first day of school for the majority of her classmates. No one had been to preschool that I talked to. [/quote]

This is not my experience but I live in the suburbs. My kid's k teacher told me that what has changed the most is that kids come in to k knowing more than they did in the past. She retired several years ago. She said k used to be about reading readiness and focusing on shapes and colors and play but that parents expect more and kids start k knowing all that. So much bs posted here.[/quote]

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