Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 4/26/2007 6:48:00 PM Author: Subject: negatives/positives I say No to preK being required. Some kids just aren't ready for an early school setting. And possibly pick up some 'bad habits' from other kids. Positive, kids needing assistance can be identified earlier. Another big negative for me is that i don't want my child exposed at an early age to 'liberal' beliefs. the NAEYC has an anti-bias book that sounds pretty biased. Basically, if you are a Euro-white Charasmatic Christian then you are the majority voice. Don't mention Easter as that would impose your majority voice. Halloween, discuss the positive of witches, and have an area set up so kids can practice making potions (exposing kids to a minority view). When discussing families, avoid a typical mom/dad family so kids realize families can be whatever. This book is used in alot of programs from Head Start to state schools to private schools. The purpose of the book is to expose kids to the world before the are firmly taught the biased beliefs of the parents. One of the authors has other books were she pushes the homo ual agenda in schools as a way to get a new generation to accept homo ually as a typical lifestyle. I'm not preaching for/against gays, what I am upset with is that an author of an anti-bias book is herself biased against other beliefs. A true hypocrite. And NAEYC uses this book as a fine example of teaching tolerance to our kdis. I don't want my kids exposed to this crap. That is why parents should have a choice. (NAEYC Anti-Bias Curriculum) http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/RhapsodyInBlack/education1.html/ http://www.edwatch.org/updates07/033007-NAEYC.htm Name: Email: Subject

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