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Originally Posted by MargaretR
I could read at age 5 - but that was due to starting school at age 3.
The 'baby class' was part of a junior school, and the only difference was that 'baby class' had an afternoon nap on camp beds. There was not 'playing' as we now understand it - it was all 'learning'. We all got free milk, concentrated orange juice and cod liver oil.
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Holy feces! I remember that. I did my baby class year at Mount Pleasant. I remember the cots ... and I think there was a fireplace. I remember someone bringing in baby chicks (sorry about the syntactical redundance
) ... When I went to the infant class at All Saints (Miss Lindley) I could already read. Still, I can't remember being taught at home ... my folks were too busy with their divorce to bother too much about me. But I remember being always fascinated by books ... amazing what happened when there was no tv and no electronic toys.