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The trend in early education is to move from a play-based curriculum to a more school-like environment of directed learning. But is earlier better? And better at what?
?| November 2, 2011?|
In Brief
- A growing consensus among psychologists and neuroscientists maintains that children learn best when allowed to explore their environments through play.
- Preschools are increasingly turning away from play-based learning to lectures and testing.
- Placing heavy emphasis on academics early in life is not only out of line with how young brains develop, it might even impede successful learning later on.
On a perfect Southern California morning not long ago, a gaggle of children gathered in the backyard of a million-dollar home in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood to celebrate the birthday of twin four-year-old girls. The host parents had rented a petting zoo for the day, and kids jumped gleefully in a bouncy castle out in the driveway. On the terrace, a few parents chatted beside an alluring spread of bagels, coffee and fruit.
Most of the kids at the party attend the same preschool. The father of one child enrolled there, where tuition is $14,300 a year for half a day, was asked what he likes about it.
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