Better Early Than Late

We are firm proponents of "Better Early Than Late"! There is only so much time in which to teach our children, and every minute of it is precious. The sooner they can read, the sooner they can read the Word of God! Children love to learn at early ages! Some people think of teaching preschoolers as simply trying to uncomfortably force feed concepts that a young mind is not ready to grasp. Nothing could be further from the truth. Things may go a little slower, but children of all ages love achievement, and it makes the education experience so much more enjoyable than "playing catch-up."

Nothing displays this better than the "pied piper effect." We have sixteen grandchildren. All the little ones want to have school just like their older siblings. They are happily reading, learning phonics, adding numbers, working on projects, putting puzzles together, and are generally kept busy learning. One was writing her numbers and letters while still two, and adamant about being able to have school with her older siblings every day. One four-year- old competently sewed her own skirt on her mommy's machine. Her mother put the sewing machine pedal on a footstool so she could reach it. Just as with older children, each child will excel in a different particular area, but when the experience of achievement becomes second nature early on, education becomes much easier. And think of that head start! It is an old but profound truth that if you love to teach, your children will love to learn. So why wait? There is no limit to what they can learn.