School Can Wait (2nd Edition) by Raymond & Dorothy Moore

School Can Wait

As so many parents anguish over their child’s first day at school, there are many reasons why this is.  Everything from concern for their safety to how they will interact with all the new faces, parents everywhere rightfully care about their child and his or her’s ‘brave new world’.  But, the main concern usually revolves around whether their child is ready academically.  Into that realm of reality comes a timely book titled “School Can Wait” by Raymond and Dorothy Moore.

As a more ‘scholarly’ follow up to their book “Better Late Than Early”, Raymond and Dorothy Moore’s book “School Can Wait II” represents ten years worth of research packed into “just” 300 pages.  To back up their position regarding when to begin educating children, they have added 37 pages of references at the back of the book.   Be assured that “School Can Wait” will challenge you at times due to its extensive in-depth writings.  No matter, this book is much more than a high brow resource for the academically inclined.

By means of their documentation, the Moores thoroughly establish the fact that children are expected to learn much sooner than their cognitive skills will allow.  By collaborating with a large number of both men and women well qualified in the field of education and child development, “School Can Wait” establishes the fact that children can wait.

Through such thought provoking chapters like “Readiness for School” and “Readiness for Reading” to “Neuropsychological Factors in Learning” you will discover a wealth of statistical analysis that will confirm the Moore’s position that a child’s ability to learn has nothing to do with their age.  They confirm what so many contributors to this timeless documentation have come to agree: children are not ready to learn when we think they are solely based on their age alone.

Due to its deep insights from an intellectual point of view “School Can Wait” is a valuable resource that will reinforce the position that children need to be taught based on considerations other than their age.  Through chapters such as “Effectiveness of Early Schooling” to “A Positive Approach to Early Learning” you gain insights as to determining when, as well as how, to begin your child’s education.

Coupled with “Better Late Than Early” “School Can Wait” will confirm what many parents have needed to know all along: the world is just as much a classroom as any four walls in a building could ever be.  It is the position of the authors that parents are just as qualified to determine the educational needs of their children as any highly educated and accredited teacher.

So, do yourself and your children a great service by reading and thereby educating yourself to the facts that “School Can Wait” confirms in your heart that your child’s education can wait.

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