Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110926:16:52:00
In pre-kindergarten classes. mark shriver is a senior vice president of the nonprofit save the children's u.s. programs. mark, good afternoon to you. >> thank you for having me. >> first of all, what is it that kids are learning so early in pre-k that's so important? is it the subject matter? or is it learning skills? >> it's actually a combination of both. it's the social and emotional growth that little kids are learning in those first five years of life, and it's the cognitive development. so they're learning to recognize the alphabet, how to hold a book. but they're also learning how to in...