One goal for the early years is to make sure the kids are reading well and developing an understanding for math concepts. Reading stories and doing fun activities related to a theme is a great way to add excitement to a child’s learning experience. ‘School work’ really isn’t needed for kids to get a great education. Most of what we think of when we think of school work is actually busy work created to give teachers a chance to work kids individually while their classmates are busy.

Sadly, these exercises are commonly used for ‘learning’ now, and not only is it boring learning, it’s not that effective.