Will the preschool teachers teach my child the alphabet, colour names, to count, and other academic skills she or he will need for kindergarten?
Yes. Children learn the alphabet in several different ways. But children learn the alphabet by using it. Paper, markers, crayons, pencils, scissors, glue, and paint are available to the children most of the time. Teachers scribe children’s dictations. For example, one child asked a teacher to label her drawing of a house. She dictated, and the teacher wrote, “the garage for my car,” and “this is my house.” Teachers encourage children to learn letter names, the sounds of letters, and to understand that words are talk written down. Letters and words are learned in ways meaningful to children – they ask to write their friends’ and teachers’ names, and notes to parents, for example, “I love you, Dad!” Words and writing happen naturally during the course of the day.
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