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An interesting read related to topic: Finnish Kids Don't Learn To Read In Kindergarten. They Turn Out Great Anyway. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/finlan
by ismail 11y ago
An interesting read related to topic:
Finnish Kids Don't Learn To Read In Kindergarten. They Turn Out Great Anyway.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/finland-schools-kindergarten-literacy_560ece14e4b0af3706e0a60c http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/finland-schools-kinderga...
- jacalata 11y agoFinland comes up a lot on this topic, but then Finnish people say that a high percentage of Finnish kids learn to read before they even start kindergarten (especially because most TV is subtitled from English), so these articles tend to feel misleading.
- maus42 11y agoWell, I would be wary of direct comparisons to English. Finnish is almost fully phonetically spelled. No spelling bees. An average child will be quite good reader and a mediocre writer after the first grade, many already before the first Christmas holiday.