Public Opinion subject to change

I am currently a lead teacher of young twos (24-30 months old) classroom and there are many things I would like to change in the next five years.  I firmly believe two years old is a great age to introduce children to academic, social, and emotional teachings.  Constantly all I hear from adults is how 2 year olds are too difficult to teach, how they are too young to learn, and they don't sit still long enough to participate in activities like circle time and art projects.  However, I have found this to be untrue.  In my classroom I run circle times and have small group activities.  My motto for teaching the young twos is INTRODUCTION, SENSORY, and REPETITION and so far this has worked.  I have enough activities during the day (4-5 activities) to keep them busy and this limits their free play to only two half-hours a day.  Once in the morning and once in the afternoon.  They don't run around and the morning activities consist of physical, intellectual, and social play that they take naps from being tired out.

 

 

It makes me feel like I am on the right track because when I was studying about Kindergarten and the roles of it I learned that it was just an avenue for children to learn socialization and emotional regulations.  However, Kindergarten transformed into something more in depth as the years progressed as people learned more about the learning capabilities of five years olds.  So public opinion will change as more teachers and professionals speak out about the capabilities young children, even two year olds.