Submitted by George Peternel (not verified) on May 5, 2008 - 06:45.
The Scandinavian countries have the highest literacy rates in the world, yet they don't start formal reading instruction until well beyond Kindergarten. Perhaps there are some lessons to be learned from their successes.
There are many areas of our curriculum that we have traditionally deferred to later grades that we ought to teach sooner, but cramming what was once first grade into Kindergarten seems misguided. We have some rethinking to do.
Lessons to be learned from Scandinavian education
Submitted by George Peternel (not verified) on May 5, 2008 - 06:45.
The Scandinavian countries have the highest literacy rates in the world, yet they don't start formal reading instruction until well beyond Kindergarten. Perhaps there are some lessons to be learned from their successes.
There are many areas of our curriculum that we have traditionally deferred to later grades that we ought to teach sooner, but cramming what was once first grade into Kindergarten seems misguided. We have some rethinking to do.