Self-Introduction of a Former Elementary School Teacher | What a Mother of Three Wants to Share About 'What Matters in Early Childhood'

"Can't you read hiragana yet?"
"Have you started English yet?"
"Are you thinking about entrance exams?"

Every time I hear conversations like that,
I feel a sense of unease.

I am a former elementary school teacher.
I worked for 10 years and taught every grade except for the third grade.
I also served as a grade-level head four times.
Furthermore, I worked at a Japanese school overseas for three years.

Because I have seen so many children,
there is something I feel strongly about.

That is—
that perhaps there is no need to rush so much during early childhood,is what I think.

Hiragana.
Numbers.
English.
Exam preparation.

"Earlier is better"
"Because everyone else is doing it"

I wonder if childhood is becoming just a "preparation period" for reasons like those.

I also have doubts about early English education.
Having experienced working abroad,
I realized that language only develops when there is a proper developmental stage and foundation.

Learning will progress sufficiently if started according to the developmental stage.

Studies can always be caught up on later.

But—

Playing in the mud at the park.
Interacting with children of different ages.
Clashing with friends, crying, and making up.

Those experiences can only be had in early childhood.

A childhood where children were able to be children
will surely become the foundation for becoming an adult.

That is a stronger power than visible academic ability.

I am also a mother of three (ages 1, 4, and 6).

As a former teacher.
And as a mother.

I want to gently share
a way of parenting that doesn't require rushing.

Here,
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