I promised a kindergarten curriculum. I found one in a school a few suburbs over, inside a quiet, white, wooden schoolhouse that looks as if it fell through time from some idyllic 1950s street. The school has quiet security. I still had to ring the bell to be admitted by the secretary, a feature of schools everywhere now, as far as I can tell. My little school from the past appears much more contemporary once we peer at its curriculum, however.

Please click on the above picture to get the gory details. R.I.P. naptime, that’s my first response. The first paragraph sets the tone for what follows.

Eduhonesty: I regard this as a completely rational kindergarten curriculum. The question I might ask, though, is did we really need a kindergarten curriculum? This plan has the potential to be challenging and stressful in the wrong, overly-enthusiastic hands. Not all five-year-olds are developmentally ready to take on the challenges listed on this piece of paper.