Anonymous
05/07/2023 21:48
Subject: Re:Stay away from Reggio Inspired schools!!!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you aren't going to explain exactly *why* you think Reggio schools fail to prepare kids, this is useless. There is a very broad variety in these schools.
Also, has it occurred to you that the kids you are currently getting in 1st grade in NW DC may have missed most of PK3 and PK4 in person due to Covid? Or even if they were in person, that these programs were very different during these years due to Covid restrictions like masking, class quarantines due to exposures, and social distancing requirements. Especially critical in a play-based program. They didn't really get a true Reggio experience.
NP. Second paragraph-good point.
Not OP, but I assume OP is saying (s)he now sees what is expected of students in 1st grade, and she knows what kind of preparation kids who go to Reggio schools get….
I understand. I still think the 2nd paragraph is a good point.
Nonsense. I’m a Girl Scout leader and have a first grader. Last year in K was tough, but graders now are caught up from COVID. Unless the parents are very extreme and not letting their kids interact and socialize normally.
Oh, well. Ok, then. It’s nonsense if you say so.
Most kids don’t have formal pre-K programs. This year’s first graders had a full year of kindergarten before this year and a year plus of regular socializing. If your kid is behind, they have something else going on or it’s parenting. Typical kids are just not struggling this year like they were last year. You can’t blame COVID forever.
So you're not in DC then? In DC, a significant portion of DCPS students attend preschool through DCPS, so it's a formal program. And DCPS schools were closed from March 2020 until spring of 2021, and many didn't re-open until fall 2021. And then during the 2021-2022 school year, DCPS required masks and social distancing and had frequent quarantines for exposures and positive cases. Even for kids who did private preschool, if you were in DC these programs were very different than normal from 2020-2022 -- frequent quarantines, masking, often shortened hours, and social distancing that changed how teachers led classes. In DC, it's also more rare for kid's to get NO formal preschool -- between universal PK and the fact that it's less common for people here to have a SAHM, the vast majority of kids are in formal preschool programs, which ran very irregularly from 2020-2022.
So in DC, the place where OP teaches, a significant percent of the 1st grade population is still pretty heavily impacted by Covid. This is basically the first "normal" school year for these kids, and I've heard from K-2nd grade teachers all year that it has been a much tougher year for behavioral issues, having kids well below grade level especially in reading, more challenges with socialization, shorter attention spans, etc.
These kids have had a really weird few years.
Thank you, PP. I didn’t have the energy.
We all lived through the pandemic. Your types will be making your kids mask then blaming their behavior on COVID in middle school. There’s no reasoning.
Apparently you can't read. No one is masking their kid or blaming Covid for anything. These schools were closed for a year or more and then kids had to return in masks with Covid restrictions for another year. I didn't choose any of that. Yes it had an impact on kids and if the OP is struggling with kids in her 1st grade class, it would be insane to blame it on the preschool philosophies of the preschools they BARELY attended during Covid than on Covid itself.
Ah, you are at one of the charters. Hope your DCI preference is worth it.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 21:26
Subject: Stay away from Reggio Inspired schools!!!
Not a teacher but I have to agree. My son went to an academic play based type for prek3. I don't know what it's technically called but they had a letter of the week and they had fun activities around it. That school closed for covid so for prek4 I had to switch him to a reggio inspired one and I really thought it was a waste of time.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 21:23
Subject: Stay away from Reggio Inspired schools!!!
I love Reggio Schools! I had to think really hard what kind of schools we have back at home. We don't call them anything but daycares, but they really sound like a Reggio school would.
Kids there start school at 7. They are not required to know how to read and write because their job is to play.
By age 15, however, they have the highest ELA, math, and science score in Europe. They would not be ready for US K or 1st grade. OP, you'd be so upset with these kids not being ready for your classroom.
All this play in Reggio is for long term success though. We start out very slowly. We don't run out of steam by middle school.Graduating from high school is an achievement.
I don't know anyone who didn't love their Reggio daycare. The love of play continued once we got home. I was not ready to read at age 5/6. I did really well by age 8 and by 15, we were and still are unstoppable.
Kids there start school at 7. They are not required to know how to read and write because their job is to play.
By age 15, however, they have the highest ELA, math, and science score in Europe. They would not be ready for US K or 1st grade. OP, you'd be so upset with these kids not being ready for your classroom.
All this play in Reggio is for long term success though. We start out very slowly. We don't run out of steam by middle school.Graduating from high school is an achievement.
I don't know anyone who didn't love their Reggio daycare. The love of play continued once we got home. I was not ready to read at age 5/6. I did really well by age 8 and by 15, we were and still are unstoppable.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 21:21
Subject: Re:Stay away from Reggio Inspired schools!!!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you aren't going to explain exactly *why* you think Reggio schools fail to prepare kids, this is useless. There is a very broad variety in these schools.
Also, has it occurred to you that the kids you are currently getting in 1st grade in NW DC may have missed most of PK3 and PK4 in person due to Covid? Or even if they were in person, that these programs were very different during these years due to Covid restrictions like masking, class quarantines due to exposures, and social distancing requirements. Especially critical in a play-based program. They didn't really get a true Reggio experience.
NP. Second paragraph-good point.
Not OP, but I assume OP is saying (s)he now sees what is expected of students in 1st grade, and she knows what kind of preparation kids who go to Reggio schools get….
I understand. I still think the 2nd paragraph is a good point.
Nonsense. I’m a Girl Scout leader and have a first grader. Last year in K was tough, but graders now are caught up from COVID. Unless the parents are very extreme and not letting their kids interact and socialize normally.
Oh, well. Ok, then. It’s nonsense if you say so.
Most kids don’t have formal pre-K programs. This year’s first graders had a full year of kindergarten before this year and a year plus of regular socializing. If your kid is behind, they have something else going on or it’s parenting. Typical kids are just not struggling this year like they were last year. You can’t blame COVID forever.
So you're not in DC then? In DC, a significant portion of DCPS students attend preschool through DCPS, so it's a formal program. And DCPS schools were closed from March 2020 until spring of 2021, and many didn't re-open until fall 2021. And then during the 2021-2022 school year, DCPS required masks and social distancing and had frequent quarantines for exposures and positive cases. Even for kids who did private preschool, if you were in DC these programs were very different than normal from 2020-2022 -- frequent quarantines, masking, often shortened hours, and social distancing that changed how teachers led classes. In DC, it's also more rare for kid's to get NO formal preschool -- between universal PK and the fact that it's less common for people here to have a SAHM, the vast majority of kids are in formal preschool programs, which ran very irregularly from 2020-2022.
So in DC, the place where OP teaches, a significant percent of the 1st grade population is still pretty heavily impacted by Covid. This is basically the first "normal" school year for these kids, and I've heard from K-2nd grade teachers all year that it has been a much tougher year for behavioral issues, having kids well below grade level especially in reading, more challenges with socialization, shorter attention spans, etc.
These kids have had a really weird few years.
Thank you, PP. I didn’t have the energy.
We all lived through the pandemic. Your types will be making your kids mask then blaming their behavior on COVID in middle school. There’s no reasoning.
Apparently you can't read. No one is masking their kid or blaming Covid for anything. These schools were closed for a year or more and then kids had to return in masks with Covid restrictions for another year. I didn't choose any of that. Yes it had an impact on kids and if the OP is struggling with kids in her 1st grade class, it would be insane to blame it on the preschool philosophies of the preschools they BARELY attended during Covid than on Covid itself.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 21:17
Subject: Re:Stay away from Reggio Inspired schools!!!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you aren't going to explain exactly *why* you think Reggio schools fail to prepare kids, this is useless. There is a very broad variety in these schools.
Also, has it occurred to you that the kids you are currently getting in 1st grade in NW DC may have missed most of PK3 and PK4 in person due to Covid? Or even if they were in person, that these programs were very different during these years due to Covid restrictions like masking, class quarantines due to exposures, and social distancing requirements. Especially critical in a play-based program. They didn't really get a true Reggio experience.
NP. Second paragraph-good point.
Not OP, but I assume OP is saying (s)he now sees what is expected of students in 1st grade, and she knows what kind of preparation kids who go to Reggio schools get….
I understand. I still think the 2nd paragraph is a good point.
Nonsense. I’m a Girl Scout leader and have a first grader. Last year in K was tough, but graders now are caught up from COVID. Unless the parents are very extreme and not letting their kids interact and socialize normally.
Oh, well. Ok, then. It’s nonsense if you say so.
Most kids don’t have formal pre-K programs. This year’s first graders had a full year of kindergarten before this year and a year plus of regular socializing. If your kid is behind, they have something else going on or it’s parenting. Typical kids are just not struggling this year like they were last year. You can’t blame COVID forever.
So you're not in DC then? In DC, a significant portion of DCPS students attend preschool through DCPS, so it's a formal program. And DCPS schools were closed from March 2020 until spring of 2021, and many didn't re-open until fall 2021. And then during the 2021-2022 school year, DCPS required masks and social distancing and had frequent quarantines for exposures and positive cases. Even for kids who did private preschool, if you were in DC these programs were very different than normal from 2020-2022 -- frequent quarantines, masking, often shortened hours, and social distancing that changed how teachers led classes. In DC, it's also more rare for kid's to get NO formal preschool -- between universal PK and the fact that it's less common for people here to have a SAHM, the vast majority of kids are in formal preschool programs, which ran very irregularly from 2020-2022.
So in DC, the place where OP teaches, a significant percent of the 1st grade population is still pretty heavily impacted by Covid. This is basically the first "normal" school year for these kids, and I've heard from K-2nd grade teachers all year that it has been a much tougher year for behavioral issues, having kids well below grade level especially in reading, more challenges with socialization, shorter attention spans, etc.
These kids have had a really weird few years.
Thank you, PP. I didn’t have the energy.
We all lived through the pandemic. Your types will be making your kids mask then blaming their behavior on COVID in middle school. There’s no reasoning.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 21:12
Subject: Re:Stay away from Reggio Inspired schools!!!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you aren't going to explain exactly *why* you think Reggio schools fail to prepare kids, this is useless. There is a very broad variety in these schools.
Also, has it occurred to you that the kids you are currently getting in 1st grade in NW DC may have missed most of PK3 and PK4 in person due to Covid? Or even if they were in person, that these programs were very different during these years due to Covid restrictions like masking, class quarantines due to exposures, and social distancing requirements. Especially critical in a play-based program. They didn't really get a true Reggio experience.
NP. Second paragraph-good point.
Not OP, but I assume OP is saying (s)he now sees what is expected of students in 1st grade, and she knows what kind of preparation kids who go to Reggio schools get….
I understand. I still think the 2nd paragraph is a good point.
Nonsense. I’m a Girl Scout leader and have a first grader. Last year in K was tough, but graders now are caught up from COVID. Unless the parents are very extreme and not letting their kids interact and socialize normally.
Oh, well. Ok, then. It’s nonsense if you say so.
Most kids don’t have formal pre-K programs. This year’s first graders had a full year of kindergarten before this year and a year plus of regular socializing. If your kid is behind, they have something else going on or it’s parenting. Typical kids are just not struggling this year like they were last year. You can’t blame COVID forever.
So you're not in DC then? In DC, a significant portion of DCPS students attend preschool through DCPS, so it's a formal program. And DCPS schools were closed from March 2020 until spring of 2021, and many didn't re-open until fall 2021. And then during the 2021-2022 school year, DCPS required masks and social distancing and had frequent quarantines for exposures and positive cases. Even for kids who did private preschool, if you were in DC these programs were very different than normal from 2020-2022 -- frequent quarantines, masking, often shortened hours, and social distancing that changed how teachers led classes. In DC, it's also more rare for kid's to get NO formal preschool -- between universal PK and the fact that it's less common for people here to have a SAHM, the vast majority of kids are in formal preschool programs, which ran very irregularly from 2020-2022.
So in DC, the place where OP teaches, a significant percent of the 1st grade population is still pretty heavily impacted by Covid. This is basically the first "normal" school year for these kids, and I've heard from K-2nd grade teachers all year that it has been a much tougher year for behavioral issues, having kids well below grade level especially in reading, more challenges with socialization, shorter attention spans, etc.
These kids have had a really weird few years.
Thank you, PP. I didn’t have the energy.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 20:35
Subject: Re:Stay away from Reggio Inspired schools!!!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you aren't going to explain exactly *why* you think Reggio schools fail to prepare kids, this is useless. There is a very broad variety in these schools.
Also, has it occurred to you that the kids you are currently getting in 1st grade in NW DC may have missed most of PK3 and PK4 in person due to Covid? Or even if they were in person, that these programs were very different during these years due to Covid restrictions like masking, class quarantines due to exposures, and social distancing requirements. Especially critical in a play-based program. They didn't really get a true Reggio experience.
NP. Second paragraph-good point.
Not OP, but I assume OP is saying (s)he now sees what is expected of students in 1st grade, and she knows what kind of preparation kids who go to Reggio schools get….
I understand. I still think the 2nd paragraph is a good point.
Nonsense. I’m a Girl Scout leader and have a first grader. Last year in K was tough, but graders now are caught up from COVID. Unless the parents are very extreme and not letting their kids interact and socialize normally.
Oh, well. Ok, then. It’s nonsense if you say so.
Most kids don’t have formal pre-K programs. This year’s first graders had a full year of kindergarten before this year and a year plus of regular socializing. If your kid is behind, they have something else going on or it’s parenting. Typical kids are just not struggling this year like they were last year. You can’t blame COVID forever.
So you're not in DC then? In DC, a significant portion of DCPS students attend preschool through DCPS, so it's a formal program. And DCPS schools were closed from March 2020 until spring of 2021, and many didn't re-open until fall 2021. And then during the 2021-2022 school year, DCPS required masks and social distancing and had frequent quarantines for exposures and positive cases. Even for kids who did private preschool, if you were in DC these programs were very different than normal from 2020-2022 -- frequent quarantines, masking, often shortened hours, and social distancing that changed how teachers led classes. In DC, it's also more rare for kid's to get NO formal preschool -- between universal PK and the fact that it's less common for people here to have a SAHM, the vast majority of kids are in formal preschool programs, which ran very irregularly from 2020-2022.
So in DC, the place where OP teaches, a significant percent of the 1st grade population is still pretty heavily impacted by Covid. This is basically the first "normal" school year for these kids, and I've heard from K-2nd grade teachers all year that it has been a much tougher year for behavioral issues, having kids well below grade level especially in reading, more challenges with socialization, shorter attention spans, etc.
These kids have had a really weird few years.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 20:26
Subject: Stay away from Reggio Inspired schools!!!
Isn’t Reggio Emilia play based? My kids went to NCRC which I believe is both playbased and Reggio Emilia insisted curriculum. Both kids are top of their class and above grade level in 2nd and 4th
Anonymous
05/07/2023 18:51
Subject: Re:Stay away from Reggio Inspired schools!!!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you aren't going to explain exactly *why* you think Reggio schools fail to prepare kids, this is useless. There is a very broad variety in these schools.
Also, has it occurred to you that the kids you are currently getting in 1st grade in NW DC may have missed most of PK3 and PK4 in person due to Covid? Or even if they were in person, that these programs were very different during these years due to Covid restrictions like masking, class quarantines due to exposures, and social distancing requirements. Especially critical in a play-based program. They didn't really get a true Reggio experience.
NP. Second paragraph-good point.
Not OP, but I assume OP is saying (s)he now sees what is expected of students in 1st grade, and she knows what kind of preparation kids who go to Reggio schools get….
I understand. I still think the 2nd paragraph is a good point.
Nonsense. I’m a Girl Scout leader and have a first grader. Last year in K was tough, but graders now are caught up from COVID. Unless the parents are very extreme and not letting their kids interact and socialize normally.
Oh, well. Ok, then. It’s nonsense if you say so.
Most kids don’t have formal pre-K programs. This year’s first graders had a full year of kindergarten before this year and a year plus of regular socializing. If your kid is behind, they have something else going on or it’s parenting. Typical kids are just not struggling this year like they were last year. You can’t blame COVID forever.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 18:50
Subject: Stay away from Reggio Inspired schools!!!
Anonymous wrote:How is Reggio different from Montessori? Why do you hate Reggio but not Montessori?
???
They are extremely different philosophies. A quick google search will bring up a zillion differences between the two.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 18:45
Subject: Re:Stay away from Reggio Inspired schools!!!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you aren't going to explain exactly *why* you think Reggio schools fail to prepare kids, this is useless. There is a very broad variety in these schools.
Also, has it occurred to you that the kids you are currently getting in 1st grade in NW DC may have missed most of PK3 and PK4 in person due to Covid? Or even if they were in person, that these programs were very different during these years due to Covid restrictions like masking, class quarantines due to exposures, and social distancing requirements. Especially critical in a play-based program. They didn't really get a true Reggio experience.
NP. Second paragraph-good point.
Not OP, but I assume OP is saying (s)he now sees what is expected of students in 1st grade, and she knows what kind of preparation kids who go to Reggio schools get….
I understand. I still think the 2nd paragraph is a good point.
Nonsense. I’m a Girl Scout leader and have a first grader. Last year in K was tough, but graders now are caught up from COVID. Unless the parents are very extreme and not letting their kids interact and socialize normally.
Oh, well. Ok, then. It’s nonsense if you say so.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 18:39
Subject: Re:Stay away from Reggio Inspired schools!!!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you aren't going to explain exactly *why* you think Reggio schools fail to prepare kids, this is useless. There is a very broad variety in these schools.
Also, has it occurred to you that the kids you are currently getting in 1st grade in NW DC may have missed most of PK3 and PK4 in person due to Covid? Or even if they were in person, that these programs were very different during these years due to Covid restrictions like masking, class quarantines due to exposures, and social distancing requirements. Especially critical in a play-based program. They didn't really get a true Reggio experience.
NP. Second paragraph-good point.
Not OP, but I assume OP is saying (s)he now sees what is expected of students in 1st grade, and she knows what kind of preparation kids who go to Reggio schools get….
I understand. I still think the 2nd paragraph is a good point.
Nonsense. I’m a Girl Scout leader and have a first grader. Last year in K was tough, but graders now are caught up from COVID. Unless the parents are very extreme and not letting their kids interact and socialize normally.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 16:35
Subject: Stay away from Reggio Inspired schools!!!
Both of my kids went to a Reggio-inspired preschool and our FCPS K teachers all say they LOVE this school bc the kids are so well-prepared. My kids have been top of their math/reading groups and leaders in the classroom. One is in AAP (the other one isn’t old enough but is reading 3 grade levels above).
Just offering a different perspective that is equally meaningless.
Just offering a different perspective that is equally meaningless.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 16:31
Subject: Stay away from Reggio Inspired schools!!!
Probably kids are less broken in and ready for the conveyor belt of the public school.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 16:30
Subject: Re:Stay away from Reggio Inspired schools!!!
Anonymous wrote:It’s hard to trust a teacher making such a blanket statement with very little nuance about an approach used in countless preschools. The fact that you would make such a blanket statement makes me question it because it’s obviously impossible to say something about all kids across such a host of different programs.
Plus 100