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…a near-universal feature of today’s preschools is the dreaded daily tracking of the calendar, a too hard/too easy task that even toddlers are now being subjected to as preparation, apparently, for a lifetime of clock punching: “Point to what day we’re on,” the teacher says. “What day was yesterday?” “Show me where we start the week,” these poor put-upon creatures are hounded. Calendar work is another embodiment of mismatched learning expectations, and one study showed that even after months of flailing and confusion, only about half the class of preschoolers could figure out the expected answer.

Quote ID: 03038

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Erika Christakis

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The Importance Of Being Little

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