Long hrs in preschool/daycare harmful
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Long hrs in preschool/daycare harmful
| Sun, 03-19-2006 - 3:09pm |
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051101/news_1n1earlyed.html
Very interesting. Particularly the difference in the middle to upper income kids vs low income.
"I personally feel children need the nurture of their parents and the home," she said. "Those early years, that's when they are bonding to their family. That nurturing, only the family can give that."
I tend to agree.
MM, WOHM to B&E, 7.24.03

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Jennie
I think choosing a school for your first child is particularly difficult. I've learned a lot from my first child's experience that has helped me with the second one's education. We started out at our neighborhood school, and after two years there, I could see it wasn't the place for us, even though I had done quite a bit of research beforehand and thought it had everything we wanted. We ended up switching schools when dd1 was in first grade, and we're very happy with our school. Luckily, our district has open enrollment. I'm not sure what we would have done if switching schools hadn't been an option.
I haven't read much of what tinderbox or pnj have to say about education, but I agree that one person's "excellent" school isn't the same as the next person's.
Oh, I don't want to get into it any further; I've shared way more than I've wanted to. I know it sounds impossible, but it happened. The accomodations just didn't include keeping him from having to sit through the basic language arts instruction.
If you are really curious, I'll expound in an e-mail.
Jennie
Oh, you chose this school, it wasn't your neighborhood public school? Did you research the school's overall excellence, or excellence including for gifted students?
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No, when my oldest gets bored, he reads. And reads. Last year he figured out how to attend school, appear engaged in lessons, and read a 200+ page novel during the school day. It has taken almost the entire school year this year to break him of that habit!
Please, I don't want to think about how tough first grade is. I have one going into first next year and another going into first the following year! I'm only allowing myself to think positive thoughts.
The thing with boys who act out because of boredom, as frustrating as it is, it does have a benefit as you almost always know when your boys aren't being challenged. They let you know. Having a compliant, rule-following girl who never acts out might actually be worse. Because no one knows that she is underchallenged. (Not that it is a contest and we need to compete for who has it worse...)
Both of my boys have done that, lol.
PumpkinAngel
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