Better Late Than Early - A New Approach to Your Child's Education By Raymond and Dorothy Moore

Better Late Than Early

Have you ever heard the phrase ‘children are better seen than heard’ before?  The fact is, when it comes to children, many societies saw them more for their labor value than what they could contribute to better their society by means of an education.  There were those that felt otherwise and began lobbying to educate those children, first within the one room schoolhouse ‘one size fits all’ mentality and later within age appropriate grade levels.

Even at this stage of the educational mindset, it was realized that not all children could learn at the same rate or speed as their peers; so, the advent of private education began to address a child’s special needs.  Even so, many children were left behind, either because of the cost factor or simply due to proximity to these private schools.  So, many if not most children remained within the cookie cutter style that is the public school system.

As we now understand, many children don’t learn at the same speed as others due to the fact that their developmental skills may not be fully formed.  Much research has borne this position out.  Into this arena comes a book that advocates the belief that children are being required to learn much too early.

“Better Late Than Early” by Raymond and Dorothy Moore is a book whose time has come.   The Moore’s position, through much research and documentation, has been that the child is being forced into the educational system much too early.  Through many years of research and nearly 29 pages of references “Better Late Than Early” presents a compelling reason why you should wait before jumping on the ‘the earlier the better’ bandwagon when it comes to educating your child.  It is their contention that a child’s cognitive skills don’t develop until the age of eight or nine; therefore it is a waste of time to attempt educating them until those cognitive skills have fully developed.

In “Better Late Than Early” you will find a thorough A to Z compilation of helpful chapters that present an irrefutable position that your child should wait until the age of eight or later before beginning their educational journey.  It is also the authors’ position that, by doing so, the child will still reach the finish line at the same time, but with much greater comprehension and retention skills intact.  In fact, they believe that more harm than good comes from placing the child into the educational system before they are ready.

Chapters such as “Some Common Fears and Questions” go a long way in laying to rest the many concerns parents may have about entering their children into the school system at a later age.  “When They Are Ready For School” examines timelines and abilities that will enable you to determine at what age they are capable of beginning the educational process.  “Learning To Reason” will aid both parent and child in understanding how to apply this principle at its proper place and time within the child’s learning process.

Part two of “Better Late Than Early” addresses separate age groupings, starting with birth to 18 months and ending with ages 6 to 8 or 9, to further lay to rest the popular position of  the ‘one size fits all’ mentality.  It confirms that a date on the calendar is no true measurement of a child’s capability or readiness to learn.

“Better Late Than Early” is fully documented and thoroughly researched containing reputable references that will have you rethinking the current position that a child be placed in a classroom with their peers regardless of learning capability.  “Better Late Than Early” is a book as relevant today as ever; an evergreen book that takes the status quo to task, with irrefutable evidence that it is not a harmful thing to consider starting a child’s education “Better Late Than Early”.

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