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I know lots of kids that knew reading and writing before they entered school. Second year level calculation, too. Of course the writing is quite crude, but mot
by pgeorgi 13y ago
I know lots of kids that knew reading and writing before they entered school. Second year level calculation, too.
Of course the writing is quite crude, but motor control improves with age not with schooling.
The main thing in common I could discern so far is that the parents encourage curiosity and use those skills themselves.
- TeMPOraL 13y ago> I know lots of kids that knew reading and writing before they entered school. There are kids who don't know reading/writing before school? o_0. I thought it's what parents are for.
- DanBC 13y ago> There are kids who don't know reading/writing before school? o_0. I thought it's what parents are for. There are children who don't know what books are, let alone how to read. The UK (which starts school at a very young age) has several things in place to help. There's the charity BookTrust which gives books to parents. Early Years teaching (pre school) has lots of stuff around books and reading. There are charities and schemes aimed at improving parent literacy so that can be passed onto children; and at increasing the number of men reading to their children. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booktrust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booktrust
- saraid216 13y agoThere's no institutional system that teaches parents to be competent. Unsurprisingly, many parents are not competent.