![]() ![]() I remember Kindergarten fondly–we were energetic, vibrant kids, incredibly excited to get to school every day to do our work. ![]() After many undergraduate and graduate education classes, several NAEYC conferences and time spent in Kindergarten classrooms, it is obvious that the stakes are higher in ways that are not necessarily producing results or more importantly, happy kids. However, it’s a not-so-hidden-secret that much has changed in Kindergarten since 1988. ![]() The option of an additional year in a private, small, loving classroom, where early childhood education would be championed, lessons would be developmentally appropriate, aligning with logical assessments and teachers would not be stressed by paperwork or preparing for state exams several years away was not something people thought about at the time (1988). Growing up, there were no private Kindergartens as alternative options to public school, unless a family chose to enter into a private school system, which were mostly religion-based and a choice families made that was generally part of a long-term educational plan for their child. Why private Kindergarten? I asked myself this in Spring 2013 over and over and over again. ![]()
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