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[quote=Anonymous][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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Yes, that's a holding cell... my kid would be so bored and acting up.  He knew his alphabet, sounds and numbers by 3.5 and at that age was naturally reading well (new stuff, not just memorized - not sure how he did it but he did).  That is all preschool stuff to me.  I expect reading, writing and basic addition/subtraction in K.  I would expect the teacher helping the child write the sentences.  Sequencing is something you work on at 3 and 4, not 5 and 6.  Kids should also be following basic instructions and if they cannot they should be tested for special needs.  Parents and preschools need to do a better job of preparing kids for K. rather than expecting K. to make up for things that they developmentally should have learned before entering school (with obvious excepts of parents not being able to for a variety of reasons including just trying to survive and putting food on the table). [/quote]

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