Exactly.
There’s a terrific little book written by some educators called *Better Late than Early*. It’s by Drs Moore and Moore, a husband wife team.
They advocate for formal education to start at some time between the ages of 8-10, saying that’s when kids are physically ready for formal schooling. And they can learn in one year what they’ve been cooped up in school for 4-7 years learning. IOW, there’s no advantage at all to starting kids in kindergarten.
I am a hardcore later is better person……..learned the hard way years ago.
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