Posts Tagged ‘early childhood education’
Preschool Should Be Ages 3 to 8
Preschool should be ages three to eight not ages three to five. Children under age eight are in what researchers call a sensitive period of growth. Our public school system starts at age five so the majority of families just assume between five and six preschool ends and Kindergarten begins. Once in school children are…
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As teachers, we can’t help but be aware of the mistakes we make and what might have happened if we had just stopped to listen. It was late afternoon in the twos and we had watercolors out. W and E were sharing a palette, working on their own paintings, while I stayed close by…
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