Under-achieving 0-3 year olds

Education for 0-3? Surely if they have learnt to eat, sleep and breathe they’ve made a pretty good start. But it seems according to this article from 'topnews' it just doesn’t cut it. The Office of the Children’s Commissioner states in a report that because the human brain is the most open for change in the first three years of a person’s life it means we need to over stimulate and chivvy those littlies along with their language skills and maths and a little of science and social studies?
Perhaps there is a need for centre staff, qualified or otherwise, to be multi-lingual. I don’t just mean English and Maori which some seem to tick the multi-lingual box for, but rather a language of the Philippines , Chinese, Spanish or Japanese.
But then, if there is no one, mum or dad or grandma, speaking the language on an ongoing basis what would be the point?
...Wait. Perhaps let use this as an opportunity to raise the language learning curriculum in primary and secondary schools too.

Welsh ...anyone? ... anyone?

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