Childhood's end
Sent to the Indianapolis Star, June 13, 2011
Re: "Summer program helps kids learn the ins and outs of kindergarten" (June 13, 2011)
The idea of "preparing" children for kindergarten means that kindergarten is not kindergarten: It is school.
If we have to prepare children for kindergarten, shouldn't we also prepare them for kindergarten prep? When will this end? Prenatal literacy training?
Stephen Krashen