Hi everyone, I'm new here and I've been searching this forum for the last few days for some very informative posts. However, I have a few subjects I haven't quite managed to answer. Apologies if you've seen this before, if you could just direct me to that thread in that case, it would be appreciated.
At the moment we're still in England but we're in the middle of plans to emigrate to Finland. When I came a few years ago it was as a mature student with my local college and we did a mutual exchange of schools, where we saw the systems and then went out for work experience (in my case as a carpenter with an interest in traditional log buildings). I was so impressed by it all that when I had my daughter the year after, the only place I wanted her to be educated was in Finland. She's 2 now, I home educate her here because I have no faith in our school systems and I plan to send her to a Finnish tutor for at least a year's worth of lessons before we move (and myself included). However I'm unsure what level of education she should have by the time she's 7 and starting Finnish primary. Can anyone give me a vague hint as to what Finnish parents do with their kids before primary, bearing in mind we probably won't have access to kindergarten (we're aiming for it but we don't know if our plans will happen soon enough)? Should she be able to read and write Finnish fluently or would semi fluent be acceptable?
Level of education before starting primary?
Re: Level of education before starting primary?
Thankyou for your reply! Yes, by that age over here kids are expected to read and write as well as other things although I'm also of the opinion that these things shouldn't be rushed. She's a little artist and loves to read though so I'm happy to go along with reading and writing. This is why I'm home schooling here, at 7 year old, for many people, the child will have already been in formal school anywhere from 2-5 years! It does take a lot of stress out of it to know I can continue on our chosen education ethic with her and still get on alright in Finland.