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[quote=Anonymous][quote]This is what kids do in preschool. So, basically if you were the teacher and kids have mastered these skills and reading, it would be a holding cell for those kids as teachers are too lazy to teach where the kids are at and based on what they need vs. a teacher's agenda. Its far easier on a teacher to let kids play than it is to teach them to read. [/quote]

No.  It is actually much more difficult and requires more skill to set up structured, educational play.  The teacher does not just say "go play".  A "holding cell" ......Really?  Believe me, it is a lot easier to have the kids do worksheets and teach reading groups than to prepare lessons that teach.  
For example:  After the paintings were done, we sat down and wrote stories with them.  Kids would dictate and then read back.  That requires no effort?  A cooking center, required preparation of direction cards in sequence which the kids had to follow--and, naturally, this was done with teacher direction.  It included measuring and combining.

And, of course, there was the normal instruction with rhyming words and sounds and letters, etc.  Those were certainly not ignored.  Many, many other activities that helped the kids learn to think and follow directions as well as learn the alphabet and sounds and numbers.  
Holding cell?  My foot.  
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