Dearies,

At what age can a toddler start school and what numbers and letters must they know how to write at age 2 and half years? Most schools around me have about 4 classes before basic one and they seem to be going at a snail's pace.

TopeMel:
Dearies,

At what age can a toddler start school and what numbers and letters must they know how to write at age 2 and half years? Most schools around me have about 4 classes before basic one and they seem to be going at a snail's pace.

Those 4 classes is for you to pay more and parents especially women do not want their children to grow up. They want to start boasting to their neigbours that their child is already schooling at the age of 12 months even though such a child is finding it difficult to say daddy and mummy.

When i decided to leave my son at home till he was 3 years before he starts school, my wife was mad because his juniors have all started school but i maintained my stand. He started from Nursery one at 3 years because he was born in September. The school did not want to admit him into Nursery 1 but into reception 1 saying that he cannot draw nor write and i told them that the required age for Nursery 1 is 3 years and if they are not admitting him into Nursery 1, i was going to take him elsewhere and that was it and he was admitted into Nursery 1 at 3 years old. He is going to enter JSS 1 by September this year whereas those that started before him are still in Primary school. He passed the Entrance of the 4 competitive schools he took.

In Summary, iam a great advocate of allowing a child's brain to develop before being pushed to school.