<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;">I don’t see why its an absurdity - many kids start primary school at 5, and reading and writing are fundamental skills to learn in early years. If the kid is ready to take on reading (even very basic stuff, eg the word ‘Ball’ beside a picture of a ball, etc) then why not?<div><br></div><div>My eldest son was reading at 3, and is now 8 - his primary school teacher says he’s reading at the level of a Primary 5, although he’s in Primary 3. I don’t think there’s any sense in trying to prevent development - if he’s ready, he’s ready. My youngest is 3 now, and doesn’t have nearly the same grasp of reading yet, but its absolutely not something i’m concerned about. He does, however, have an intense fascination with things like iPhones and iPads, which I think is something perhaps to ration, though not actually prevent.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div></div>
<div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Rory Sinclair<br></div><div>Head of Technology</div><div>ASMALLWORLD</div><div><br></div></div>
<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Wednesday, 11 June 2014 at 12:21, Hakan Ensari wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div><div dir="ltr">This is off-topic, but do you want to teach your monster to read at age FOUR? Do you even want them to sit in front of a computer screen at that age?<div><br></div><div>My son is in pre-school (Lauriston, anyone?), and we're having to deal with the immense absurdity of an public educational system that thinks it's priority to teach five-year-olds to read and write rather than have them play, make things with their hands, socialise and generally get settled.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Sorry for flaming. Consider it customer feedback, assuming your real customers are the parents who are freaking out why their kids are not liking phonics and have yet to make the leap to a Steiner school or some other private refuge.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br><br><div>On 11 June 2014 09:45, Antonio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:antonio@teachyourmonstertoread.com" target="_blank">antonio@teachyourmonstertoread.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div><div>We have developed a product called Teach Your Monster to Read, a BAFTA-nominated educational game which helps 4-6 year olds practise the key first stages of reading. </div>
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://teachyourmonstertoread.com" target="_blank">http://teachyourmonstertoread.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>It's a free game, and has been funded by a literacy charity founded by Peter Usborne (of Usborne Publishing). <br>
</div><div><br></div><div>We're growing year on year, and we need some support in keeping our Rails-based server side component up and running as we scale up. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm looking for a small company or team that has some specialism in supporting sites in this way.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I've put further details in this Google Doc. If you're interested, see my contact details at the bottom of the document (please do this rather than reply to all obviously!)</div><div><br></div>
<div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jh_PMIb8geFtQbTpn1GrD5oA8g3phRgTzqTIKDlpTTE/edit#" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jh_PMIb8geFtQbTpn1GrD5oA8g3phRgTzqTIKDlpTTE/edit#</a></div><div><br>
</div><div>All the best,</div>
<div><br></div><div>Antonio<span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Antonio Gould<div>Producer: Teach Your Monster to Read</div><div><a href="http://teachyourmonstertoread.com" target="_blank">http://teachyourmonstertoread.com</a></div>
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