Long hrs in preschool/daycare harmful
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Long hrs in preschool/daycare harmful
| Sun, 03-19-2006 - 3:09pm |
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051101/news_1n1earlyed.html
Very interesting. Particularly the difference in the middle to upper income kids vs low income.
"I personally feel children need the nurture of their parents and the home," she said. "Those early years, that's when they are bonding to their family. That nurturing, only the family can give that."
I tend to agree.
MM, WOHM to B&E, 7.24.03

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Yeah, I guess I just don't see the big deal. DS started reading at about 3.5, and could read pretty much anything by 4.5. Sure, in K lots of it is below his level. So what? He still gets to read all the books he wants to read. It's not like he is being "held back".
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"Is yours also a voracious reader?"
That's putting it mildly :-). I think he averages 2-3 lengthy books per week on a bad week. The biggest problem I have is feeding his voracious appetite. In desperation, he's read most of his books at least 3 or 4 times each. Luckily, I get to the U.S. often enough to stock up on more books without breaking the bank.
"wouldn't it have completely freaked you out if your child WERE reading at a third grade level in third grade?"
I would have been very very surprised, given his reading habits by that point.
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PumpkinAngel
Your last sentence is not at all what I, personally, am saying.
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What "most people" are you talking about? I don't hear very many who think that ...
Jennie
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