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My friend and fellow homeschooling dad
Andy has his sons reading the US Constitution. This isn't remarkable
except for the fact that they are 4th grade and lower. While I studied
US history in school at that age, we never would have considered
tackling the constitution directly. The standard argument is that kids
are too young to understand these things.
As Harry Morgan's Col. Sherman Potter from MASH would say, "Horsefeathers!" Translation: there's no such thing.
Now I won't be handing my 6 year-old son a book on calculus and telling him to go nuts with it, but he has read an amazing amount of books for a boy his age and he plays chess with care and forethought. Because math and chess are related, maybe it won't be too long before he needs that calculus book.
Tonight, my 2 year-old daughter beat her mom and her brother at Uno. *I* had nothing to do with it (aside from genetics). I would have said she was too young to play cards. Yet, she beats them with only one help from her mom. God seems to have given me my children to tell me that nothing is impossible with him.
Never say they're too young. Perhaps they are; perhaps they aren't. You never know until you let them try.
As Harry Morgan's Col. Sherman Potter from MASH would say, "Horsefeathers!" Translation: there's no such thing.
Now I won't be handing my 6 year-old son a book on calculus and telling him to go nuts with it, but he has read an amazing amount of books for a boy his age and he plays chess with care and forethought. Because math and chess are related, maybe it won't be too long before he needs that calculus book.
Tonight, my 2 year-old daughter beat her mom and her brother at Uno. *I* had nothing to do with it (aside from genetics). I would have said she was too young to play cards. Yet, she beats them with only one help from her mom. God seems to have given me my children to tell me that nothing is impossible with him.
Never say they're too young. Perhaps they are; perhaps they aren't. You never know until you let them try.
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