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oregonjen

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2. All this pressure trickles down to preschool!

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Thu Mar 12, 2015, 10:11 AM

Mar 2015

Parents are freaking out that their kids may not be ready for kindergarten, so preschool teachers are now feeling pressure.

The problem is, children develop at their own pace, so Common Core is requring these young children to have skills they may not developmentally be ready for.

Social based preschools are pressured to throw in more academics. Instead of learning through play, the curriculum will now have to change to meet those needs. It's sad.

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Kindergartners asked to ‘check out’ college scholarships and ‘select jobs’ [View all] QED Mar 2015 OP

and all the girls wanted to be "ELSA" when they grow up. misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #1

All this pressure trickles down to preschool! oregonjen Mar 2015 #2

Sort of cool misdirection. Igel Mar 2015 #3