Read information on early childhood education so that you can recognize it when you see it, both appropriate and inappropriate methods and practices. Talk to your pediatrician. Ask for their viewpoint. Discuss developmental issues as well. Share your discussions with your child's teacher.
Children spend most of their playing and working with materials or other children.
They do not wander aimlessly, and they are not expected to sit quietly for long periods of time. Children have access to various activities throughout the day. Look for assorted building blocks and other construction materials, props for pretend play, picture books, paints and other art materials, and table toys such as matching games, pegboards and puzzles. Children should not all be doing the same thing at the same time. Teachers work with individual children, small groups and the whole group at different times during the day.