Whopity,
Pre-solo I demonstrate, followed by student practice, Glide Approaches as it certainly gives the student more confidence for the landing phase. Indeed, glide approaches have been used time and time again by myself to overcome a student who struggles with the landing under power!
I understand the idea of not complicating matters (and worry that many instructors do precisely that!) but why skip something that can save endless hours burning round the circuit pre-solo? Not to mention the benefit to the student should the engine conk out...
VFE.