Kindergarten readiness DOES NOT come from tracing letters on a worksheet! It comes from climbing a little higher than feels safe, from rolling around in a pile of giggly wrestling chaos, from smashing a tower to pieces and figuring out how to rebuild it again, from arguing with a friend and then making up, from pretending the doll has died and working through what that even means. That IS learning. it’s balance and coordination, it’s problem solving, it’s self regulation, it’s empathy, it’s risk