When People Say, "Let Kids Be Kids..."
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Do We Expect Too Much from Kindergarteners?
While there are definitely things you should be worrying about, whether or not the fact that your child's school is teaching them to read...
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Does Learning to Read "Too Young" Actually Harm Children?
The claim that learning to read too young can harm children is unsubstantiated, but the misconception didn't come out of nowhere. In...
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Do All Kids "Catch Up" Eventually?
Folks who discourage teaching kids to read before kindergarten often argue that kids who learn how to read later catch up to...
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Does This Research Suggest That Preschool Leads to Prison?
The assertion that preschool leads to prison is certifiably false. In this blog post, I'm going to dive deeper into where this...
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Does Early Reading Cause More Harm Than Good?
Some people claim teaching your child to read early can lead to long-term harm for their social development and academic achievement. Let's...
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How Does Early Childhood Education Benefit Kids?
In this blog post, I break down one of the most widely-known research studies—The Perry Preschool Project—piece by piece, in an effort to...
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Does Academic Instruction in Preschool Lead to Worse School Performance?
In this blog post, I'm going to dissect a source frequently used to support one of the most common early reading myths:...
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Taking Early Childhood Research Out of Context
These days, it seems like you can find research to support just about any opinion you might have. This is especially true...
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