Maths Skills Article

[Pipsqueak]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...hs-skills.html

excerpts:

The compulsory new curriculum for under-fives being introduced in September - the Early Years Foundation Stage - may be altered in 2010 to encourage children to learn more about time and volume, ministers said
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But there are fears that the proposals will be "too much, too young" for some toddlers, with childminders misinterpreting the latest guidance as an edict to drill children in basic arithmetic at a young age.

[miffy]

Interesting reading, thanks Pip

miffy xx

[Trouble]

at this rate their be no childminders left

what next to add us to

[crazybones]

I like this bit.....

"But there are fears that the proposals will be "too much, too young" for some toddlers, with childminders misinterpreting the latest guidance as an edict to drill children in basic arithmetic at a young age. "

How do you drill a 2 year old?