Story Time’s Over Kindergartners—Time To Write Expository Essays!

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5. Absolutely. It also eliminates the learning that the kids ARE neurologically ready for, and we see

the ramifications of that throughout the years. (Things like self regulation, right and left brain engagement, spatial relations and relationships between objects, body parts and body control.)

I remember a principal telling a kindergarten teacher not to teach letter formation, and just have the kids write essays. She said the letter formation would "naturally be learned as the children edited their work." The teacher replied: "I'm not about to ask them for a f***ing novel. They're having a hard enough time drawing a circle on a piece of paper!"

Needless to say, she was disciplined.