On Sunday 03 Oct 2010 12:16:50 pm Heather Madrone wrote: > Oh, the children have friends all right, and some of them are even their > own ages. There are plenty of opportunities for children to mix with > others their own age: sports activities, park days, theatre programs, > choir, dance, scouting, church, etc. >
I showed your mail to my wife Shashi who is also deeply intersted in this. One of her pet peeves is why children are rigidly clubbed by age in schools. I was reminded of a study (in the US I think) that showed how children born in the first half of the year were on average better at sport than children born in the second half of the year. The reason was that in a given class, little children born earlier in a given year are just that much older and physically bigger and stronger than children born later who are just a little youner and smaller. When you are 6 years old, 6 or 7 months make a big difference. The same holds true for learning other skills. But the education system is too dumb to undertand. shiv
