There is an on-going battle - even in my own mind - between Kindergarten environments being more academic or more developmental. It is a tricky balance! There are more and more academic demands on children at a younger and younger age. I want to help them be successful. Yet, I know they need to play!
Here is a great example of how to do both:
Some of it may be challenging to read, but you can see that building with blocks actually DOES get at core academic subjects! This is true for all the the 'play' we engage in here at school.
As the year goes on and the children mature, many move on to academics when there is a choice. (Usually writing or reading.) Others still play and build and construct. Children have a knack for knowing what they need!
So the next time you come and think we are only playing...
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