“Zooming” has taken on a new meaning in preschool.  Once upon a time it meant a child was pretending to be an airplane in class, and a teacher would remind them to use “walking feet.”  Now it means teachers have to say, “Please don’t unmute yourself, I can’t hear who’s talking.”  Other times the teacher says, “Whoever is  drawing…

Play. Once upon a time, it was almost universally accepted that children play. In kindergarten, children played. In first grade, I remember the teacher playing a ball bouncing song, and we learned to bounce a playground ball and catch it with two hands.  In the classroom.  Now, even in preschool, play can be seen as…