tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post1883829056324318840..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Memo to Three-Year-Old SlackersPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-40840851892414931092019-06-05T08:26:45.053-04:002019-06-05T08:26:45.053-04:00Hysterical!Hysterical!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11548271219509978840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-78825682356524305072014-08-03T11:57:23.688-04:002014-08-03T11:57:23.688-04:00Go, crunchymama! You tell 'em! And ditto.Go, crunchymama! You tell 'em! And ditto.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020333753573935029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-49607922224589009662014-07-28T11:13:58.004-04:002014-07-28T11:13:58.004-04:00What crunchymama said. Seriously. What crunchymama said. Seriously. Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14432336511842163710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-68388893484012191602014-07-26T11:03:41.893-04:002014-07-26T11:03:41.893-04:00Yes - now that Kindergarten is the new First Grade...Yes - now that Kindergarten is the new First Grade, pre-K and Head Start are the new Kindergarten.<br /><br />We still need Kindergarten to be what it was originally conceptualized to be: a Child's Garden, where children came to a play-based setting to become accustomed to being in school, not in an academic sense but as a means of becoming familiar with the setting and with the procedures, to getting used to socializing with other children and working with materials one would more likely find in school than at home (barring a really large and well-appointed playroom, anyway).<br /><br />And for that matter, a play-based Head Start before a play-based Kindergarten would likely reap even bigger benefits, with children who most need a non-academic social experience (and would be less likely to get it in a low-income household) having an EXTRA year to work on those skills, to have enough structure and routine to really flourish when the more formal learning began in FIRST grade.<br /><br />It's not a matter of fun (in the form of play) being "good for them." It's a matter of fun and play being the kind of learning that children that age are hard-wired to do in the first place. By emphasizing academic instead, we co-opt that window of learning, and then in elementary school we wring our hands in despair that our children aren't creative, that they are weak in social skills, that they have no "grit," when the period of time those skills are best learned and internalized - 0-8YO, or Early Childhood - was spent instead on formal learning and direct instruction, in absolute opposition to HOW children really learn and WHEN they best learn which skills and attributes.<br /><br />Sorry for the length...typing thru a migraine.CrunchyMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434606158400653601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-44360610225539612102014-07-25T22:07:06.358-04:002014-07-25T22:07:06.358-04:00I wasn't supporting it but taking a young kid ...I wasn't supporting it but taking a young kid to classes where the emphasis is fun and learning can be good for them. But isn't have a child ready for kindergarten the idea behind the headstart program? Matt.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15075326581935048045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-52125001962909763272014-07-25T11:28:01.037-04:002014-07-25T11:28:01.037-04:00Dude, we don't want to be Asia.Dude, we don't want to be Asia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-52359783237247708552014-07-25T11:21:50.223-04:002014-07-25T11:21:50.223-04:00Dude, you haven't been Asia.Dude, you haven't been Asia. Matt.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15075326581935048045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-51081846211583266892014-07-25T10:13:28.372-04:002014-07-25T10:13:28.372-04:00Awesomely done.Awesomely done.DWDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410063427689693237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-4244086508431322522014-07-25T09:52:11.175-04:002014-07-25T09:52:11.175-04:00I love it! Well done!I love it! Well done!Traceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16644461065105732304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-4991577249556944842014-07-25T09:15:37.075-04:002014-07-25T09:15:37.075-04:00Is there a specific word for when you laugh, but s...Is there a specific word for when you laugh, but sadly and in disbelief that this is our new reality? This is another one of your posts for which I need that word.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186805474107210436noreply@blogger.com