The thing is though, all kids from 3 upwards that attend a nursery (even childminders to a lesser extent) are now all part of the EYFS, (early years foundation stage) where they are expected to be able to do certain things by differing ages, a kind of early record of achievement type thing. So kids as young as 3 are expected to do things like art etc. Im all for letting kids be kids, especially that young.