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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes this is why in [b]some Northern European countries [/b]they don't even teach much about letters and numbers until age 6 or so.  Someone once told me that countries that start teaching literacy later have fewer problems with dyslexia because children's brains are more mature and ready to handle the complex tasks involved in reading (including auditory processing).[/quote]

Which Northern European countries? Could you please provide links to their pre-primary curricula?[/quote]

[b]Sorry I don't speak Danish or Swedish. [/b]Do you?  You hear this stuff by talking go people. I ask because I'm interested.  Look it up if you want to expand your own wisdom. And how would they study it. They don't see the need of teaching these things earlier so who would be their comparison. I had a Danish neighbor with a 3 year old visiting for a year while her husband worked at a prestigious research institute. She told me they don't teach letters or numbers till 6 or even 7. They focus on outdoor play before then. She was in fact guarding her kid against learning these things until the appropriate time. She said at 7 they learn quickly. Maybe Finland too. Norway. Some of the richest countries. [/quote]

The Scandinavian countries are very obliging and put up a lot of stuff in English.

I also hear a lot of stuff by talking to people, but a lot of the stuff that I hear is not based in fact.[/quote]

I think that "My Danish neighbor told me that in her country, they don't teach letters or numbers till 6 or even 7" is a somewhat more complicated assertion than 'In Japan, we leave shoes by the door."

So when a person from Japan tells you, "In my country we leave our shoes by the door," do you ask then for research to support that?  If you need research, by all means look for it.[/quote]

I think that "My Danish neighbor told me that in her country, they don't teach letters or numbers till 6 or even 7" is a somewhat more complex assertion than "My Japanese neighbor told me that in her country, they leave the shoes by the door." 
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