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Education

Squinch

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4. We can begin by getting academics the hell out of kindergarten, and now pre-k.

Reply to Ohiogal (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 15, 2018, 11:11 PM

Mar 2018

Those years should be about shape and texture and exploration and play and sitting still for short periods with rewards of big bursts of movement.

All those things are so important to brain function, and to feeling at home in the world. Our kids get NONE of it.

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Hey all you teachers out there [View all] Ohiogal Mar 2018 OP

Not a teacher, but I work in many schools and have a lot of training in child neurology. And I Squinch Mar 2018 #1

I have read about Finland before Ohiogal Mar 2018 #2

We can begin by getting academics the hell out of kindergarten, and now pre-k. Squinch Mar 2018 #4

Yes. n/t YvonneCa Mar 2018 #3

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