Weren't they the highest rated school system in the world or something?
If it aint broke don't fix it??
Edit: they were not
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That's Finland. Sweden has been on a decline.
Thanks!
Sounds like they’re introducing kindergarten in place of extra long preschool.
Five/six is the right age to start learning to follow a teacher’s lesson.
It's seven, you yank.
It depends on the child, I'd say 5-7 is the general range for most people, probably skewed towards the older side. But I know that for me starting school at 5 was the right call, another year of kindergarten and I would've been bored out of my mind
Kids didn't start preschool until 6?
That's, uh, interesting.
How and whether preschool exists differs from country to country.
For example, here in Germany you go straight from kindergarten to primary school.
Six years old seems late. I started first grade as a four year old and all my other classmates but one were five. I remember first grade because things went from mostly play, naps, and some schooling to nothing but schooling, homework and tutoring.
4 is too early for a lot of kids. It was definitely too early for me personally and my niece is starting school when she turns 4 too and I think she isn't going to be ready either.
where do you live? homework at age 4?
We had homework for kindergarten, age 5, here in the US. It was just workbooks where you learn things like practicing writing a letter or coloring inside the lines.
seems a bit unnecessary, is there not enough time to do that at school? not like you need to dedicate class time to lectures on coloring.
I don't know, but when I was that age, I enjoyed the homework. It was mostly just coloring and circling things.
I'll never forget it. It was a workbook to practice writing letters and numbers. I'm sure it was only a single page but it felt like an entire book.
To answer your question, I went to a British run private school. Think of it as a stereotypical British prep school, down to the uniform, but not in the UK. Also, they jumped me a year because in pre-school I was always sneaking into classes rather than napping or playing.
No they start preschool from 1yr old if the parents want, but it is compulsory to enroll at 6. The year for six year olds is also a bit different from the first years with more focus on familiarising with school routines and learning - but still lots of play
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