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: 5/11/2007 11:21:00 AM Author: Subject: Kindergarten should be required, but not... Kindergarten should be required, but not pre-k. And, Kindergarten should be required when the child is as close enough to age six as possible. As a response to some of the postings, many people do not know "how" to teach early childhood education. Young children should not be sitting at tables with pencils. Overcrowded daycares are the norm for daycare centers. Many people do not understand that over half of the skills children need to be ready for school are behavioral skills, not abc's and 123's. This is where the biggest problems lie in getting children ready for school. Parents do not parent their children first before arriving at pre-k or kindergarten. If all programs were appropriate, I still would not want my own children mandated to go; it is none of the government's business. Since my 3 kids (who are now 22, 18, & 15) were all Valedictorian's, and taught preschool at home with the other daycare children in my licensed family childcare home, I obviously knew what I was doing. With over 20 years of experience and college knowledge, it is behavioral skills that lag behind. Name: Email: Subject

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