I don't know how long this report will stay at the top of the Alliance for Childhood website, but if you get there and don't see Crisis in the Kindergarten: A New Report on the Disappearnce of Play, then you can do a search for it in their search engine. Once there you can download a PDF of their report.
Kindergarten isn't what it used to be. In the past children learned Mother Goose rhymes, learned to recognize their numbers and letters, and how to write their names. Now they are being given long lessons, and lots of tests. This takes so much of their time that the schools have had to cut down or cut out play. Apparently they feel you can't learn much from just playing.
Read the report. If you have a child that you've been thinking of sending to kindergarten, think again. Keep them home where they belong. You can homeschool.
Hat tip: Deborah Wuehler
Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB
Comments
Mar. 20, 2009 - Homeschooling or Kindergarten
I homeschooled 2 children Now 22 and 18 and was blessed with a late baby now nearly 4 years old.
After hearing what goes on in schools these days It would certainly not even cross my mind to send my precious little gift to an institution for positive education.
- Home Where They Belong
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