Hi again Annette, I wrote that in a hurry and I think it may have sounded snarky when I didn't mean it to. In my original message, what I was calling "academics" was JUST the pre-reading activities -- and it sounds like we agree that neither your child nor my child particularly need these, for opposite reasons! All the rest, learning about bugs and the ocean and outer space and world cultures and music, that's all good, and I think it's up for grabs whether you call that "structured play" or "academics."
Cheers,
Meg
