Well it's back to school today. Let's see what everyone forgot or remembered. Normally, we are all very pleased by what they remember. The basic idea is that if a child is old enough to learn it, it will stay with him - practice or not. You can teach a two year old their letters, but if you don't keep at it, they will forget. That means they are not old enough to remember. It's an individual thing, of course. Some twos remember and most don't.
The real question is, what do they remember at four and five. Most "experts" say they are not ready to do anything until they reach kindergarten at public school. Our teachers have found with 99 percent of children that's simply not true. Children learn about what interests them. That's why they need a full score of what's in the world. If you only teach them 1% of what's in the world, how are they going to make decisions about what they like and don't like?
Setting the stage for likes and dislikes, interests and connections begins before a child is six. And each subject is connected somehow to other subjects. My son puts cyclotrons together and his initial interest began when he was 18 months old and I handed him a Bell telephone and a screwdriver. By the time he was 18 years old, he was building a nuclear accelerator in his room.
The play last week held lots of opportunities for children's exploration of theatre, art, communication, speech, presentation, humor, and teamwork.
This week -- who knows.
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