Quote Originally Posted by RoadRaven View Post

Also, children learn about the world by interacting with it... by looking, watching, listening... children don't reach 5 and start learning "stuff" then, they are learning from the moment they are born (and I would argue before they are born as their senses begin to mature - unborn infants can see and hear and their sense of touch is well developed by birth.
Our Kindergarten teachers are having a huge issue with their classes this year. One teacher actually had a parent say something like, "I send my kid to school. That's where they are suppose to learn. It's your job to teach them, not mine."

Maybe this is just happening in my little corner of the world. But it does scare me to think about what our future is going to be like.

Veronica