Your son sounds exactly like my DYS 7 at that age. He went to a play based
preschool and it was great. I doubt he learned anything academic at all however
He learned to help with the 2 year old class, prepare snacks, plant and tend a
Butterfly garden and he liked doing yoga and singing. He was so happy there and had many friends that he still plays with regularly!
This is heartening to hear, Ellie. Thanks for sharing!
Because DS (apparently) prefers to do most of his learning in bursts and isn't strongly motivated on a constant, incremental basis to build up conventional academic skills, I think a year of "school" absent academics might be a nice counterpoint to our time together. Outside my work hours, we log a lot of time in discovery mode at his urging, so I think his intellectual needs would be met in spades with this plan.
I'll admit, I do find it a bit unexpected.
