Gosh I have absolutely had enough of this word acceleration. Such a insane term, that means absolutely nothing and makes no sense for people that absolutely understand how learning actually happens. Why does our system have an obsession with meeting certain standards by a certain time, who invented these standards and what do they even mean in terms of learning. So what if a six year old is reading at a green level, what does this even mean, does this make them a better learner than the six year old who has not started reading yet, but just happens to be resilient, curious, creative, happy and able to come up with their own big ideas. So what if they are 'green' if they can't generate their own thoughts, questions or wonderings. So what if they are green if they are totally dependent on a teacher defining learning for them. What benefit is there to the child, so they were green at six...by the time they are eight their peers who had not started reading have eit...
I am passionate about play and structured explicit learning, finding the best of both worlds.