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[quote=Anonymous]1) There is no evidence that adult-driven academic work in early childhood leads to later academic success.  There is lots of evidence that kids from academic preschools and play-driven preschools pretty much even out by around age 8.  Kids who learn to read at age 4 and kid who learn to read at age 7 end up at roughly the same reading level by later elementary school.

2) There is plenty of evidence that kids attending Reggio and other high-quality play-based programs have better social skils, emotional control, sensory organization and executive functioning, and that these advantages turn into real-world advantages as they age, impacting grades, emotional and mental health, and future job prospects and salaries.

You can spend age 2-5 drilling your kid on academic skills they aren’t ready for, but the result will be that they, at best, do better in kindergarten and MAYBE first grade than some of their play-based peers.  Meanwhile, the play-based peers will catch up quickly on the academic skills AND spent those valuable early years developing both the underlying neurological structures that support later learning and developing soft skills that will enable them to apply academic skills effectively in the real world.[/quote]

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