There has been some debate over the year about whether children should actually begin an education program before they get to kindergarten. However, studies have shown that children begin learning and mental development shortly after birth. In fact, during the first three years of a baby’s life is when essential brain development occurs. However, opponents of sending young children to pre-school are based on programs that concentrate on academics. They believe that an escalated curriculum—one that provides early-age courses to children, who may not be matured enough to grasp them, creates a whole new series of problems, including students that are frustrated and overly stressed, causing them to act out in aggressive ways. In looking at how other countries in the world handle early education, we can all take a page from Finland’s lesson book. Instead of pushing academic-based learning on young children, we should be focusing on “learning how to learn.” This would potentia
