4 & 5 year olds are not, repeat NOT, ready for "academics" as they are generally defined. Worksheets should be no part of a 4 or 5-yr-old program. Way, way, way too many of the programs out there are NOT developmentally appropriate. Pushing what used to be the first grade curriculum (and standardized testing) down into K and pre-K is wrong and can be harmful instead of helpful.
I fear that all this tax money will go to the wrong sort of programs.
Read David Elkind's "The Hurried Child" and his other books. Also check out what you can find about the project approach, constructivism, and the pre-schools in Reggio-Emilia Italy (the "Reggio approach"
The NAEYC used to have (and probably still does) some very good materials on developmentally-appropriate practice. I think there is even a book called "The Developmentally-Appropriate Kindergarten" (or maybe that is the subtitle - no time to research right now)
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