Perhaps preschool should be about discovery and not learning?

I remember being tested for kindergarten. I really do. My mother brought me to a large brick building and left me alone in a room with a stranger.  I was told to perform certain tasks, such as, put the pegs in their corresponding holes, name some shapes and colors, draw inside the lines, etc.  I am happy to say I passed, and at a bit of a young age, was able to join the ranks at my local Kindergarten.  My learning experience at a young age was vastly different than that of my children.  Mine was very regimented. My old world Catholic schooling meant that I was taught and told, with very little room to explore.  The word rote comes to mind. I write this because I just found a fascinating article and study about the way we teach our children at a young age.  The research states that teaching children more and more, at ever younger ages, may just backfire.   Read the article HERE.