For whatever reason, schools are pushing language and math skills sooner and sooner in the curriculum. My own kindergarten days consisted of playtime, drawing, story time, naps, and maybe learning our letters and numbers. Now children are expected to become Baby Einsteins rather than develop at a natural pace. My son is only in daycare now, and already he is being taught the alphabet and counting. This practice of academic acceleration is disrespectful to the natural development of children in general, and to the individual development of any given child. It turns about that the recent move to push academics earlier, in the name of raising academic standards, is backfiring. What is lost in the process is all the time they were supposed to be playing, to be building those foundations they need for physical, emotional, social, and intellectual maturity.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:48:56 +0000
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