Kindergarten crunch: Lack of playtime killing joy of learning, say advocates - Salt Lake Tribune:
"Child advocates, though, worry play, exercise and exploration in most public kindergartens is vanishing.
Authors of a 2009 report, 'Crisis in the Kindergarten' call the current state of affairs, 'a national disgrace.' They call for return to play-based teaching, warning the nation is 'blindly pursuing educational policies that could well damage the intellectual, social and physical development of an entire generation.'"
for report go to:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/5100683/Crisis-in-the-Kindergarten-Why-Children-Need-to-Play-in-School
"Child advocates, though, worry play, exercise and exploration in most public kindergartens is vanishing.
Authors of a 2009 report, 'Crisis in the Kindergarten' call the current state of affairs, 'a national disgrace.' They call for return to play-based teaching, warning the nation is 'blindly pursuing educational policies that could well damage the intellectual, social and physical development of an entire generation.'"
for report go to:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/5100683/Crisis-in-the-Kindergarten-Why-Children-Need-to-Play-in-School