The Joyful, Illiterate Kindergartners of Finland

[Author’s note: My first online course—The Joyful Reader: Teach Your Child to Read the Finnish Way — is now available!] “The changes to kindergarten make me sick,” a veteran teacher in Arkansas recently admitted to me. “Think about what you did in first grade—that’s what my 5-year-old babies are expected to do.” The difference between…

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