Will They Spend Christmas With You?

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of life skills for children's academic success as they transition from nursery to kindergarten.

Send a text What if the key to your child’s future had nothing to do with ABCs or numbers? As our son graduates from nursery and steps into kindergarten, we’ve been rethinking everything we thought we knew about “school readiness.” At a recent meeting, the headmistress shared something that stopped us in our tracks: before children can thrive academically, they need life skills—cutting with scissors, dressing themselves, holding a pencil with control. We learned why so many boys struggle ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Moeava, Svenja

Topics covered

• school readiness
• life skills
• parenting
• child development
• education

Keywords

• Christmas
• school readiness
• life skills
• parenting
• child development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: nursery, kindergarten

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