You have established a play-centered kindergarten environment. ...

[melina_rosy]

You have established a play-centered kindergarten environment. Parents complain that they sent their children to school to learn and not play. How will you respond? Discuss.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Parent-child activities extend children's interest in knowledge about written language by providing opportunities for meaningful, functional writing activities. Create a list of Do's and Don'ts for parents to follow when they are developing and participating in writing activities.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[ansleighelindsey]

Answer to Question 1

Research shows that instruction should be organized around natural methods of reading and writing. Play promotes talk that can be written down and later read back to children to connect speech to print. Play provides many opportunities for talking, reading and writing, all important activities for young children's literacy development.

Answer to Question 2

Items on the Do list might include: encourage children to make markings on paper; model writing for children; give them a real purpose for writing, such as grocery lists; and encourage spelling inventions. Items on the Don't list might include: don't ask, What is it? and don't require the child to explain scribblings or markings.

[melina_rosy]

Excellent

[Dnite]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it