About this title: Elkind reveals and explains the serious risks entailed in the current craze for giving formal academic and physical instructions to pre-school children four years old and younger.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780394756349ISBN:0394756347
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The book is very solid with bright, unmarked pages. The cover has minor shelf & edge wear. There is a vertical crease that runs the length of the center of the back cover. The spine has a few creases. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780394756349ISBN:0394756347
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. spine uncreased, very minor shelfwear, some highlighting, cover shiny. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1987-11-12
ISBN-13:9780394756349ISBN:0394756347
Description: Very Good. No folded pages. School name & number on first page but no other writing. Some cover wear, including rubbing & edgewear, plus a little light creasing. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780394756349ISBN:0394756347
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Audience: General/trade. softcover, light edge wear to covers, no writing in text, light spine crease. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780394756349ISBN:0394756347
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. Very nice clean flat paperback with only very light overall wear. pages clean and unmarked. price sticker on back cover. read more
"A concise read on early child development and the negative impact teaching with age-inappropriate methods can have on children that aren't developmentally ready for it.
While this book is a bit dated at time (the section on computers is quaint) a lot of it still very much applies. I'm in the process of deciding on a school for my 4yo and this book has alerted me to lots of areas to look at when evaluating providers.
It would be great to have a newer edition addressing contemporary issues that have come up since the '80s (internet, cell phones, helicopter parenting, "war on terror", etc.) but this is still a valuable resource."
"A bit dated in some sections, but the main message is still very relevant as parents continue to put their children into preschool at earlier and earlier ages. Definitely a book to read before choosing which preschool to put your child in. You might just decide to keep them home a bit longer if that's an option for you!"
"A little outdated (published 21 years ago), but good for me to have read. Now I realize that it can be harmful to push formal education on my children before they're able to deal with symbols and abstractions. Of course, informal education is another story...:) It reinforced my prior decision to keep my children out of full time public schooling until they're at least 7 or 8 years of age."
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