http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2010/06/victories-worth-celebrating/ Helping families and teachers protect and promote imaginative play in our way-too-busy, consumer-driven, media-filled world. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:16:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/2010/06/victories-worth-celebrating/comment-page-1/#comment-897 Laura kelly Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:23:39 +0000 http://www.empoweredbyplay.org/?p=858#comment-897 I am glad that there are teachers like Rebecca who will do what is right for kids. The core standards for kindergarteners remain problematic because they should be about play and not about 60 some odd pages of skills that no five year old will master. If five and six year olds don't master play at five and six, we are in big trouble as a nation. Way to go Rebecca! And that school district deserves some credit too, for listening and for swimming in the opposite direction to practically everyone else! I am glad that there are teachers like Rebecca who will do what is right for kids. The core standards for kindergarteners remain problematic because they should be about play and not about 60 some odd pages of skills that no five year old will master. If five and six year olds don’t master play at five and six, we are in big trouble as a nation. Way to go Rebecca! And that school district deserves some credit too, for listening and for swimming in the opposite direction to practically everyone else!

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