Ontario - ELECT

[Momof4]

Thank you playfelt and thank you Artsandcrafts, I've bookmarked the link and want to read every word later. My opinion of letting the children choose the themes for JK and SK is buying into the entitlement that the children have in our society, which is very evident in our young generation. Why can't the government just let teachers TEACH children any more? Children should have choices whenever possible, but they should also learn when they have to follow rules and do the things they must do and school is a good example.

I am fond of my weekly themes and I sit down at the beginning of the year and plan the entire year for themes, write them on my calendar and on my website and weekly I plan the crafts, songs, get the books from the library and plan the field trips when applicable. I am the teacher! I am doing the work. It's my goal to plant a lot of seeds of learning in those little minds so they will have the basics to draw upon later in their school years.

I do like the emphasis on family involvement in the first part of the document that I just skimmed. Parents have to do the work from the very beginning and be involved in an ongoing basis all through their child's development. The attitude that they are in school now so the parent's work is done is too prevalent and completely wrong. I know, I raised 4 of those little people and I was helping with projects all the way through high school.