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Helping Your Children Start School
Don’t forget to prepare yourself. Leaving your ‘baby’ and walking away from the school is a very traumatic experience for most. Be brave - and take lots of hankies.
Think on Empty Pots and Butterflies! Happy Parenting!
A question often asked by parents is - what is the best age for their two year old to begin to learn to read, write and do simple arithmetic. The answer is easy. Research and examples from across the globe point to somewhere between the ages of 6 and 7 years as the optimum time to begin formal education, and 7 is an excellent age to start learning the three R’s. Until then all learning should be of an activities based experiential nature.
Building Schools for the Future
Let’s be prepared for a life of learning because our learning will never end. We need to prepare our children to adapt and continuously learn because whatever the world looks like in 2030 we need to be willing to acquire new skills and experiences to prepare for 2050, and beyond.