I wonder what would happen if there was a way to put off trying to teach reading and writing till kids were say 10yrs old. So they can spend most of primary learning in other ways, like making things or playing, preferably with mixed ages.
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Well, we'd lose the benefits of greatest neuroplasticity (important for development of visual word for area in the brain) before 7 years of age.
jul 17, 2025, 9:43 pm • 0 0 • view
Roessingh and Bence argue that there is evidence to show that the optimal age for children to start to put their thoughts into print is between 5 and 6.
jul 17, 2025, 9:45 am • 1 0 • view
Wonder how they have defined optimal, many countries elsewhere don't start school till nearer 7. Just thinking that designing for the average forgets the extremes, when perhaps catering for the extreme might help everyone else too. Everyone can use a ramp, although most people can use stairs.
jul 17, 2025, 10:31 am • 0 0 • view
Many countries in the world have much more shallow orthographic, allowing children to learn the code of their language within a year, but still while they have great neuroplasticity.
jul 17, 2025, 9:44 pm • 0 0 • view
Based on children’s cognitive and physical development skills (in “broadly typical” terms).
jul 17, 2025, 11:32 am • 1 0 • view