I am really interested in the school readiness. In the childcare industry we always want to ensure that our children are ready for school and moving on to Kindergarten. But has the focus of school readiness deterred us from allowing the children to have fun. So many teachers have resorted to teaching students like they are already in an elementary school setting. They are teaching them at desks for large portions of the day. I want to research ways to really prepare our children for the next step. It is important to me that we prepare them but still allow them to be youthful. There are so many ways to teach children and it saddens me that because we feel pressure about their next adventure we force other teaching styles on them. Do you guys have any advise for me? How can I get more information on school readiness or teaching styles?
I agree with you Monique. That's why this program that I work with,"Parents as Teachers", is so important we go into the homes to help the parents and the children with school readiness.So that the teachers are not under pressure to to force more on the chidren than is necessary. We go into the homes from expectence to 3 years of ages
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