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The things kids learn through open-ended play beforebefore they
start formal schooling do enrich the reading, writing and numeracy skills they
later acquire.
A child learns to make sense of the world by interacting with others and exploring
their environment.
Young children have their own explanations about how the world works. They need to be given the
opportunity to test these hypotheses, correct their misunderstandings and,
with the help of more knowledgeable peers or adults, build
on what they discover to be true.
Children in Scandinavia, with its 99-per-cent
literacy rate, don’t get formal reading lessons
until age seven.
Literacy experts agree that kids learn to read in different ways
and at different ages.
Early readers hold no long-term advantage over late starters.
Children need time to play and develop and do other
kinds of learning that happens after hours.
Eating together - because it involves sitting and talking with adults over a sustained
period - is one of the stronger predictors of high
achievement scores and fewer behaviour problems.
After-school activities
Giving kids the opportunity to do
nothing might be the biggest favour we
could do them.
Being able to entertain themselves and figure
out what to do with their own time are skills that outrank any of those.
My parents didn’t expected me to be a superkid. They
expected me to be independent. A kid probably
can’t be both.
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