Canadians parents whose children attend daycare or who are cared for by an extended family member may want to keep close tabs on their kids’ weight, according to a recent study out of Quebec. Researchers at the University of Montreal and the CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Centre say they’ve made…
Category: ECE
ECE (Preschool) is no good for 4, 5 and possibly 6 year olds expert says
Developmental psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Gordon Neufeld has thoughts about early childhood education that may come as an unwelcome surprise to parents of preschoolers and education policy-makers. Neufeld is against four-year-old kindergarten. He’s also against five year-old kindergarten. And possibly even six-year-old kindergarten. Unless, of course, kindergarten is all…
Human Rights in New Zealand Today: The right to education
Update: It seems that NZ never adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but instead passed its own law, the Human Rights Act 1993, which does not create a ‘human right’ to homeschool. Now I need to look into this more. Chapter 15: The right to education He tapapa matauranga…
Raymond S. Moore on Early Childhood Centres
Update 5/10/12: Make a submission: Reject compulsory Early Education for 3 year olds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excerpt from an interview with Raymond S. Moore in Human Events, September 15, 1984 Q: [Interviewer] I’m quoting you now: “An early start in formal institutionalized schooling deprives children of the free exploration so crucial to…
Should preschool be compulsory?
Update 5/10/12: Make a submission: Reject compulsory Early Education for 3 year olds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Should preschool be compulsory? Two views on the Government’s decision to require social welfare beneficiaries with little children to arrange for them to attend preschool education centres from July next year. Join the debate and leave…