tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34115138.post4175585439449630461..comments2024-03-18T23:48:24.941-05:00Comments on Kindergarten's 3 Rs: Respect, Resources and Rants: Follow Up to "Off Day"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34115138.post-77595119078320323322009-09-06T12:18:56.186-05:002009-09-06T12:18:56.186-05:00A sad post-script. While setting up our classroom...A sad post-script. While setting up our classrooms for the fall, I was moving in my newly-acquired puppet theater and noticed that a fellow kindergarten teacher was moving out her play kitchen. When I questioned her, she said "we don't have time to play in kindergarten!" I realize that I cannot change the system but I do have the opportunity to change the way that my 20 kinders experience kindergarten this year. So maybe this is not a sad postscript after all, but a hopeful one.Lori Faashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398684751906617003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34115138.post-79716318031682294082009-09-04T10:49:12.775-05:002009-09-04T10:49:12.775-05:00I just read the book "The Trouble with Boys&q...I just read the book "The Trouble with Boys" about how parents and schools are doing a disservice to boys when they push them into an academic track too early. When boys (and girls) are in a play-based, movement-based preschool, boys are more successfully serviced, but parents still push for "worksheets." This early push for little learners who may not be ready is resulting in an achievement gap for girls and boys because boys are getting the message that school is not for them. Fewer men are enrolling in college, more boys are becoming disengaged and dropping out in high school.<br />Thank you for speaking on this topic - you're so right! Parents need to know that they need to carefully judge their little one's readiness (especially little boy's) for an 'academic' environment - be it preschool or kindergarten. Let's NOT push them so early when they just aren't ready. <br /><br /><br />Susan <br />K-4 librarianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com