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25 % are having difficulties at Year 2. And nearly 40% of indigenous children are falling behind by Year 2 according to a recent study.

Children learn naturally; they are naturally inquisitive. Prep is designed to help little children settle into formalised learning – learning through play, learning to interact and share with others in a learning environment and playground and to provide children with pre-number and pre-reading skills. Spatial skills underpin formal maths and language skills.

Sherrin discusses why 25 % of young learners fall behind and the affects that it has on their self-view, self-confidence and their future life-path choices. Success is never a burden. Finding the causes of why children fall behind is essential to affecting effective strategies to fill in the gaps and catch up and even move ahead …

Download the show here: Sherrin on 4BC 22-11-10.mp3

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Kids at loss with words as report reveals Prep readers falling behind - Courier Mail