When I was teaching kindergarten, every fall parents would come and tour our school to decide if they would choose to send their child there. Week after week I would sit with them during recess and different groups of parents would ask the same questions: Do kindergarteners get homework? Do they have time for free play? How do you resolve conflicts? Now that my daughter is entering kindergarten in the fall, I’ve been on the other side of these tours. I’ve been visiting local schools and … [Read more...]