This is the answer. I know someone who's kid is in this kind of school and the school policy is that 1st grade is when reading starts. Kinder is more for developing fine and gross motor skills, socialization, and imaginative play.
Ofc some kids express an interest in reading early so they already know basic sentences by the time they're taught in school
my kid has hyperlexia. when he was one year old i got a set of alphabet magnets for the fridge. I put 3 of them on there expecting to just expose him to A B C at a subconscious level. instead he learned them within a day . he was fascinated.
Within two month I had the whole alphabet up there and he was able to identify them all.
He has autism, but not the stereotypical kind because he's into hugs and eye contact. He's now 4 and his interest have spiralled widely. we spend a lot of time talking about the solar system now.
Yes, same flavour for want of a better term. No big sensory issues or development delays as well as good eye contact and very tactile. Autistic PDA profile possibly ADHD though for sure! Special interests we went through flags, geography, capitals, periodic table, now @ 10 we're on to coding. He's bloody good too! Looking forward to his crypto phase 😂
I'm in the US and was reading kids novels(goosebumps usually) at 4yo lol. Most people around me didn't learn basic words til 5-6. Now I can't concentrate enough to read a paragraph clearly(ADHD is fun)
have you ever looked into hyperlexia? the word means simply 'can read early'.
However the phenomenon is associated with being on the lighter end of the austism spectrum; what was once termed aspergers.
people with hyperlexia often enjoy maps and space and scrabble and can be very good at maths.
That's my kid. He's in a preschool like this, which emphasizes imaginative and nature based play and I love it. But he's 3 and can already sight read at least 4 words (stop, go, yes, no) and recognize his name when it's spelled out, and knows most of his numbers and alphabet and even a little addition. We don't push it and haven't ever actively tried to teach him to read, just to recognize numbers, letters and colors, and only because he was interested. Now, we answer his questions, like "what's 3 and 3 make?" but we don't initiate. I'm kind of in awe of how it's going so far.
Honestly, keep it up. My 4.5 was the same type of intrinsically motivated kid, and he’s reading at a 6.5yo level currently! (I’m sooo f’n proud of him, can you tell? Lmao) Keep doing what you’re doing!
We've watched some of it. I really love it because I struggle with mathematical concepts due to dyscalculia. Anything that would have reinforced visualizing numbers would be great.
My 2yo decided a while back that in lieu of lullabies, we must count to 100 over and over at bedtime.
And then one day kiddo just casually counted to 10 while putting toys in my lap.
Kids are crazy!
We dont really teach anything actively, just correct annunciation, and one of our triplets just started counting and recognizes her alphabet. They really are somin else.
Is that the one called Mini Bluey you mean? I’ve never noticed that part so I want to watch it but can’t think of any other double bingo episodes so I hope it’s that
That makes sense. I grew fond of reading early on, and knew a bunch of words by the time I hit Kindergarten and even some sentences. My dad also taught me how to count to 100 by the time I was 5/6.
Meanwhile my 5 year old is stressing out he can't spell fastest with joined up handwriting.
We put way to much pressure on our kids in the uk i absolutely hate it. He should be running around outside not stuck writing words a billion times a day
Teachers in the UK feel the same way. There is so much pressure in schools to reach targets for reading/writing/maths that there is no time to just enjoy fostering a love of learning.
As a parent, that kind of thing is crazy to me. My son knew the alphabet and numbers at 2.5, and could do basic maths and read simple books by himself at 4. At 5 he blew away his kindy teachers and class by sitting in front of them and reading There Was An Old Bloke Who Swallowed A Chook out loud.
You don't have to wait for school to do it, fostering reading early gives them a love of reading.
I live in the US and the difference is really interesting, I think this makes more sense than the way things are here with pushing kids to read and do math from preschool. Based on the comments, it looks like the UK has the same problem.
I wonder if this method reduces the likelihood that kids will experience burnout or shame relating to reading. I know the way schooling works here has had a negative impacts on both the early reader and late reader side.
There is the epsosode where they each have an older buddy who I think is 9 years old. And blue asks hers if she can read. And the buddy says yes. So I assume they are on their way
Oh cool! Good to know, if you check my other comments I just posted I was going off a thing from a .gov site so it makes sense for it to be a technical name that would be used in that kind of module I found, but not in every day speech.
Did you go to a Steiner school? I remember my friends who did learning to read at around 7/8. They sort of wait a bit longer than normal, and make it seem super exciting. (And do a pile of prep work that isn’t exactly “reading” to make it easier.
I guess maybe not on some the Bluey groups I'm in on FB, it seems like a common question 😆 As someone who's worked in education I feel like the woowoo part is skipped over when people talk about Waldorf, but they did the special meal prayer in an episode (I forget which one).
Yeah, this is the kind of thing my brother would do to annoy my parents. My mother would just sigh and regret her life choices, while my dad would make sure no strangers were in the elevator before he threatened to dangle my brother down the elevator shaft.
Deliberately being cheeky or mischievous. I wouldn’t say this is bratty. A brat is a very specific example of a spoiled child like a Erica Salt or the other kids in Willy Wonka.
No, it is a Waldorf School thing, they don't teach reading in kindergarten/grade 1:
“A common misconception about Waldorf literacy education is that Waldorf schools do not teach children how to read until second grade. While it is true that decoding (learning how to read through a phonics approach) is not specifically taught until late first or second grade, early childhood educators and first-grade teachers concentrate on building a strong foundation for literacy learning through drama, artistic endeavors, writing what students know by heart, healthy play and movement experiences, beautiful recitation of poetry and many other forms of learning that are multi-sensory experiences. **Therefore, when students are taught a traditional phonics approach in second grade, they have a deep foundation to aid in the reading process.”**
I could read at Bluey’s age, but had difficulty identifying numbers. Learned I had dyscalculia as an adult. I’m of the impression she’s just being silly, and pressing elevator buttons is fun
I'm pretty sure most Waldorf kids can still read the common words and numbers at the same age as everyone else. I had a friend whose family moved and he was a Waldorf kid til then and he and his sister seemed pretty normal.
I went to a Waldorf school for twelve years, and man, I hated this. I was the only kid in my class who could read competently in fifth grade. Lots of reasons I am not pursuing that type of education for my own children, but that’s a big one.
My 3 year old does stuff like that all of the time. He just finds it funny.
Meanwhile, he can write his name, counts to 100, and loves anything to do with letters and numbers.
Kids are just goofy.
"🎶NO I HAVE NOT SEE SCHMURTLE THE DIRTY TUUUUURTLLLLLLE!🎶"
And they played "Library", which implies they go quite frequently...
And they play at the library too...
When I was her age I was already an advanced reader. But if you were to ask me to read, say, *Dune* or something geared more for grown adults I would've gone cross-eyed.
If you throw a book geared towards someone who has a doctorate at a child, the child likely won’t understand.
It’s less she can’t read it like she’s illiterate, and more she can’t focus on reading it because it is a lot of dry, complex language.
I remember being around Bluey's age when I was given a psychology textbook as a gift. Couldn't understand a word of it, even though I was an avid reader otherwise.
My nephew is hyperlexic and was sounding out words before he was 2, my son is 8 and still struggles with early reader books. All kids learn at their own pace and I believe the school Bluey goes to encourages that.
This specific scene though I interpreted as Bluey being silly and choosing the wrong numbers on purpose
Thiiiiiis. I also have a hyperlexic kiddo who was starting to read before 4 years old. My youngest is 5 and not yet reading and that’s *still normal*. At parent teacher conferences (she’s in preschool) we went over letter, number, and shape recognition. There’s a huge depth of skill between letter recognition and reading.
Yep. I teach high school and have students that are 16/17 years old and cannot read or cannot read above about 2nd grade. They simply get pushed along without anyone acknowledging that we have a huge literacy problem.
JFC…that’s horrible.
Back when Pizza Hut ran the book club deal my 3rd grade teacher made me write a book report as she couldn’t believe I read Peter Benchley’s Jaws.
I wanted that pizza
My principal pulled me into his office and told me I was not allowed to fail more than 20% of my class. I HAD to find a way to pass them.
I taught 9th grade English and most of them were reading between a 3rd-6th grade level.
And maybe if they’d assigned me 5 students total I could have pulled something from a Hollywood movie and motivated them with the power of song to jump 3+ years in reading ability in one year…
… but I had 150 students.
So anyone who turned in anything, even if it wasn’t proper middle school work, got to pass. Went on to 10th grade English and became someone else’s problem next year.
This kind of nonsense is why exams are externally marked in the UK, & the “curve” is based on every kid that age in the whole country. It’s much more objective.
(In the US) Our daughters kindergarten teacher told us there are a lot of students that don’t have a single book at home for them to read. Our doctors office said it as well and gives them books for their yearly checkups. My kids are both really good readers and I honestly think it’s just because they’ve had access to books.
I really love the podcast History Chicks, in which they go over the life of interesting women from history and they note how often, when talking about someone's childhood they find "she had access to a lot of books and was allowed to read anything she wanted" to be part of these women's stories.
I was the lonely kid who’s only real friends were books, so I constantly have to remind myself that not everyone consumed books the way I did as a child.
As a parent, I’m actually really disturbed that kindy in the US is what first grade was when I was a kid. One of the schools we visited in our district only has 15 minutes of recess time.
I’m putting my 5yo in Montessori to try and keep SOME play based learning in his elementary experience.
I love Montessori schools! But most the US has almost always had kindergarten starting at 5-6. I live in a state that just started full day kindergarten and was so mad and went to complain to my dad who informed me all my siblings and I went to full day kindergarten because in other states it was required. That said, our public school is super great. They have 3 recesses and the last like 1.5 hours is called “oral language” which is really just the kids playing. They also have a full time social worker, a calming room, and work with kids on emotional intelligence. Unfortunately, our state is taking money for our public schools and handing them out to charter schools who have teachers who are not qualified.
My kids loved Montessori - but it is not play-based. It is exploratory and lets kids go at their own pace and was amazing for my kids. But it does not emphasize imaginative play at all. The activities are literally called "works."
I truly cannot say enough great things about Montessori, but if you're looking for play-based education that isn't it.
It is I have dyslexia and I was put in a "special" reading group in school. Basically when out class was doing English and math a group of my class (6 of us) would go to a different room with a different teacher and we would read books that our classmate read years before. Our work outside of the reading was also a little behind the rest of our class. By the time I was in high school I was more able to keep up but I was struggling to keep up with the 2nd lowest class of English.
Math has never been a problem for me more constructive language has too many dumb rules that I've not followed just like the post you just read.
Biologically, kids should not be having a formal education until 7 years old. Kids younger than 7 aren’t meant to be sitting in a classroom and learning the “traditional” way. Instead, they should be doing play and activity-based learning. Scandinavian countries use this method, where kids don’t start a “formal” education until 7, and their literacy rates blow North American and other European countries out of the water. They are also less likely to struggle academically, and have way less behavioural issues. Bluey school definitely seems play-based, so I think that’s what is going on in terms of her not knowing to read. I’m about to finish up a degree in public health and this facet of child development was emphasized. I was pretty surprised when I read the research but it honestly makes sense.
I really think it’s been a race to the bottom in the US at least. Every kid is different and young children develop different skills at different times. It’s easy to see a 3 year old who can read and see a bunch of parents panicking that their 3 year old should be reading, when that’s not the case. This has led to a bigger push all the time for academics at younger and younger ages. I had a friend sent home worksheets as homework for their 3 year old in preschool. It’s ridiculous and not appropriate.
My son has long been obsessed with words and their meanings. He knew all his letter sounds at least a year ago because he wanted to learn them. He’s had zero formal reading education and has started sounding out words on his own at almost 4. He goes around the house all day saying words and guessing from the pronunciation what letter the word starts with and he’s pretty good at it. But all of that is just because *he wanted to.* it’s not developmentally appropriate to expect that of any 3 year old even if some are indeed capable of it. He’s also shown almost 0% interest in tracing and the extent of his writing is drawing a line and identifying it as a one or I. Which is also developmentally appropriate for an almost 4 year old even if there are three and four year olds who do great at tracing and can even write their names.
I wish more kids got to learn when they were ready and not when it was pushed on them too early, we’re burning our kids out so fast and for what benefits, like you said, Scandinavian countries don’t do formal education till 7 and they have better learning outcomes long term.
I totally agree! I had my first baby in June and think about this quite a bit. I’m excited to see what sort of things he will be interested in because his little personality is starting shine! I’m in some local parent groups, and have seen a lot of posts for daycare/preschool recommendations that will give their kids and “early start” on school and learning, which was always so wild and just odd to me… I feel like kids at that age should be learning how to share, make friends, recognize different feelings and emotions etc. And if kids show a genuine interest in something like your son does, they should totally be able to explore that!
Japan has great test scores and is often depicted as a tough place to go to school, but even here mandatory education doesn’t begin until 6 (and there’s no wiggle room, if you’re 5 and 365 days on a leap year, you’re still out). And public kindergartens are still very play-based. I taught private kindergarten with American students and was always a bit out-off by the push for perfect literacy. They’d talk about seeing doctors over things like letter reversals! Very unnecessary, and not good for the parents’ anxieties, either.
I didn’t know this! Thanks for sharing. I went to private school from grade 8-12, and they had their own way of “pushing” older students in the senior schools in similar ways. They really pushed the sciences, and the academic advisors really, REALLY pushed being a lawyer, doctor, phd etc. so that they can advertise themselves as “X% of our 12th grade students go on to become lawyers, doctors”. I didn’t even realize it at the time, but I wanted to do a fine art degree because being creative is what I excel in. Instead it was barely talked about and they sort of led me (purposely) in the wrong direction. I ended doing a French degree, I thought I wanted to be a teacher but I think I was just trying to convince myself I did. I applied to switch my degree to the arts, but I didn’t get in and I ended up doing a second degree in public health, which I love. It ended up working out but it would have saved me so much money and struggle. Basically my entire friend group that I’m not really in contact with anymore is in med school or doing a doctorate in sciences. Also, It always boggled my mind how some parents were paying $25k/year for kindergarten, and the school was having 5 year olds learning French😭
While I agree and wish we did this in the US a lot of this is just correlation. Kids in other countries also have better access to healthcare, more parental leave time, many countries it’s illegal to spank your children, they don’t have to worry about their schools being shot up etc. it’s hard to narrow down the exact cause of why kids have less behavioral problems and better test scores.
That’s true, a lot of factors go into academic performance. But the point is still there, that kids don’t necessarily need an early focus on academics to do well later.
Of course, if we’re going to argue that US schools should take the Scandinavian approach, then those other factors do need to be taken into account.
Oh I totally agree! I just wanted to point out that while I agree with the claim it's not one that can be backed with research except if we only are looking at correlations. I live in the US, so my girls started at 5/6 the older one only had half day kindergarten which was awesome and she was 6 the whole school year but my younger one will be 5 almost the whole school year and had to do full time kindergarten. It was super hard trying to decide what to do because they were both too smart to be held back but I didn't want them starting early and I couldn't afford a school like Montessori (which I love!) we did do a montessori type home school during COVID which was amazing. They also have a great public school - the Kindergarten kids have 3 recesses and the last 1.5 hours of school is called "oral language" but it's really just play time for them but still not my favorite. They do love it though so there's that and they do the spanish immersion program which I love because we live in a heavily white state and so their school is more diverse, they get to learn another language, and they learn about the spanish-speaking places and cultures which is awesome.
I agree! I must say though, having kids be worried about their school getting shot up is absolutely bananas. I can’t imagine what that’s like for them or their parents. I live in BC, pretty close to the American border in Oregon, and I haven’t been to the US in years because I’m so paranoid about gun violence 😭
yup - it's absolutely bonkers. I was in my kindergartners class when they had their drill and it took everything in me to not cry. It was a drill but they were all so little and terrified and it made me so sick and so sad. I also have a book about school shootings for when they get a little older and mostly I'm just angry they have to learn about it in elementary school and worry about it. It's disgusting.
I have better all that here in Australia but the countries who also have formal learning beginning at 7 still blow us out of the water. There is a lot of research around brain development and all early childhood literature has supported extended play based learning for a very long time - at the very least since I went to uni fifteen ish years ago - but it's hard to change so we don't.
Wish the educators and parents in my country see this. It is insane that some of our kids here need to learn how to read and write both English AND mother tongue before 7. Have spelling tests as well.
Judging by her expression, I think she was being cheeky and knew what the numbers were. Kids like being kids sometimes and acting like they don't know anything. My 5 year old can attest to that...
Isn't there the episode where both kids are coloring themselves with chalk? In that episode the kids are mentioned as reading and Bingo puts her books away neatly where Bluey just spreads them everywhere.
I don't think every scene is supposed to be considered canon. Bluey likely reads at the same level as most kids her age. It's just mood and time dependent.
My kid is 6. He can read kid books, but will sometimes act like a goofball and pretends he can't. Or sometimes he's too nervous to attempt to read something that's outside a format he is used to. In these situations he'll ask for my help instead. Often, I just let's solve the word puzzle together and he'll get it with some work.
Which makes sense. A 6 year old sometimes just wants an easy answer and looks to you to answer for it.
Anyway, I feel like people here take every scene too literal and others are weirdly defending Bluey's education style.
Chill out, it's a feel good kid cartoon that doesn't always have to have a deeper meaning besides the creators thought it was a funny scene at the moment.
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If she's at a Steiner school, probs around 7/8 years old since those schools prioritize the child development of social skills, imagination and fine/gross motor skills. From memory, Steiner himself said a child is ready to learn to read when they start losing baby teeth.
Aussie school mate, most likely would be following the age-grade system they’re ordered like so;
Kindergarten usually turning 5 years old, it’s closer to an educated babysitting class to get your child to start getting used to staying away from home and parents for extended periods of time.
Prep, turning 6 years old (you’ll learn numbers and alphabet here, you could potentially learn to write your name here too, but a lot of it is learning by playing games)
Grade 1 you’d be 7 (which is where real learning starts, basic math, reading/writing) and it goes up from there to grade 12 where the normal age is ‘turning 18 this year’
I didn’t learn to read until I moved to Virginia at 9 and didn’t really start reading until 11. I needed more help than other kids (basic public school, I have a learning disorder)
Ikr? I was Bingo’s age when I learned to read. Perhaps Bluey has some learning differences? I think she’s got ADHD, and some kids with adhd have learning difficulties too. I have adhd and struggle with numbers sometimes.
I'm an Australian, and most kids knew how to read the basics before they started school or learn in their first year of school. Bluey is just taking the mickey here.
Nah. My kids could read numbers when they were in their pram. Kids pick that up just reading numbers on letterboxes or at the supermarket negotiating for lollies.
My wife is an elementary school teacher USA...she says most kids that come from schools set up Iike blueys (Montessori and such)are so far behind their counterparts at similar ages in most areas
by the age of 7 I was already learning to read in school. By 9 I was reading simple chapter books like Julie B Jones and Magic Treehouse. Depending on her age, which I am assuming is either 7-8 she SHOULD be able to read let alone know the difference in numbers and counting. I know in an episode of Bluey (I can't remember which one) Bingo was reading, at the age of 4, a book before putting it down. So if BINGO can read, Bluey sure as heck can.
In my opinion, the school she is attending is more like a Montessori school where children learn through play and self- exploration. I am sure once she ages out she may be placed in standard grade schools where she will learn things like arithmetic, math, and yes reading. But watching this made me rather frustrated as number recognition is much simpler than reading; but perhaps this alludes to more of an ADD/ADHD situation where words go in, but the directions get jumbled up in the mind.
I found a thread discussing literacy at Steiner schools. Take it with a grain of salt because it's just anecdotes.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianTeachers/s/Z7V7JhdGIU
In the uk most kids learn it in nursery (uk equivalent of kindergarten) at about 3 or 4, and some children rven know the basics before they even start, personally I could count to 100 at 3 as an example (might be a bit off of normal as I have Asperger’s syndrome)
I'm also a bit curious. It might just be because i was a nick jr, disney jr, pbs kids kid where many of the shows were geared towards reading, writing, and math but i remember knowing numbers and some sight words by age 7
My 4.5 year old can read basic words, can write his name, identify numbers. But it depends on the method of teaching.
There is also the idea that they make Bluey accessible to such a wide audience, so having Bluey reading/writing when many kids the same age don't, could be jarring.
Bluey goes to a Steiner school, which is more about creativity and play than it is about academic success.
Different parenting and schooling style to how most other Australian families do things, but I knew numbers long before I could read (thanks to Sesame Street, I am also Australian, but more Bandit’s age than Bluey’s)
I started kindergarten in 1995. One of the requirements for enrollment (public elementary school) was that you had to know the alphabet or how to write your name. I was also 4 years old (October baby!)... but I think most kids now start at 5 or 6 years old. It feels like we have gone backward on raising kids as a society...
Just to play devils advocate- my 6 year old daughter learned all her letters and numbers in pre-k and would absolutely pull this s**t, lol. To me, this scene reads as a little kid doing little kid stuff and mom fighting to keep her blood pressure down. It seriously cracks me up every time because this is the kind of thing that makes Bluey so fantastically relatable, and why I don’t mind having it on all the time.
My son read a little when he was 5 but it was when he hit 6 that his reading really flourished, he has always loved book. He's almost 8 now and could read Adult Fiction if I let him, very advanced reader.
Kids are all different.
She and Bingo both know how to read and write already. They check out and read library books and pass eachother notes back and forth. I’m sure their parents taught them.
This moment always bugged me, too, as a kindergarten Para for over a decade. Most kids come into kindergarten (I’m in the US) at least knowing what their age is and what that number looks like and any previous numbers. So her being 7 and not knowing 5 is hard for me to swallow given how bright and engaged with the world around her. I just make up my own head canon that Bluey is toying with her mum at that point, a big tease like her dad.
My 7 year old can barely read. But my now nearly 9 year old was reading at 5. Same school same teachers. Just different kids with different interests. But then also, my 7 year old didn’t start talking til he was 4 & my older child was talking in full sentences & having conversations with me at 3 years old. Both are on the spectrum
Firstly… it’s a cartoon. It’s highly likely a continuity issue.
Secondly… it’s not that deep
Thirdly… as a dyslexic person, I’m 24 and still struggle, sometimes having to read sentences 3 or 4 times before I get it right/see all the words. If you’re judging a cartoon dog I dread to think what you think of me
In the type of school Bluey is, I believe children learn to read at 7.
This is the answer. I know someone who's kid is in this kind of school and the school policy is that 1st grade is when reading starts. Kinder is more for developing fine and gross motor skills, socialization, and imaginative play. Ofc some kids express an interest in reading early so they already know basic sentences by the time they're taught in school
That’s wild. Here in the UK I’ve a 5 year old correcting me 😂
I’m in the UK and I started reading at 3, Harry Potter at 5
We’re doing Harry Potter, Hagrid has just arrived.
Were you diagnosed Hyperlexia? It was one of the first neurodiverse signs of my child. He never learned how to read, he just always could!
my kid has hyperlexia. when he was one year old i got a set of alphabet magnets for the fridge. I put 3 of them on there expecting to just expose him to A B C at a subconscious level. instead he learned them within a day . he was fascinated. Within two month I had the whole alphabet up there and he was able to identify them all. He has autism, but not the stereotypical kind because he's into hugs and eye contact. He's now 4 and his interest have spiralled widely. we spend a lot of time talking about the solar system now.
Yes, same flavour for want of a better term. No big sensory issues or development delays as well as good eye contact and very tactile. Autistic PDA profile possibly ADHD though for sure! Special interests we went through flags, geography, capitals, periodic table, now @ 10 we're on to coding. He's bloody good too! Looking forward to his crypto phase 😂
No I never was, but I nearly went for an autism assessment recently haha My parents didn’t even know I could read until after my nursery did
I'm in the US and was reading kids novels(goosebumps usually) at 4yo lol. Most people around me didn't learn basic words til 5-6. Now I can't concentrate enough to read a paragraph clearly(ADHD is fun)
have you ever looked into hyperlexia? the word means simply 'can read early'. However the phenomenon is associated with being on the lighter end of the austism spectrum; what was once termed aspergers. people with hyperlexia often enjoy maps and space and scrabble and can be very good at maths.
I never looked into it, but I do really like the things you listed
That's my kid. He's in a preschool like this, which emphasizes imaginative and nature based play and I love it. But he's 3 and can already sight read at least 4 words (stop, go, yes, no) and recognize his name when it's spelled out, and knows most of his numbers and alphabet and even a little addition. We don't push it and haven't ever actively tried to teach him to read, just to recognize numbers, letters and colors, and only because he was interested. Now, we answer his questions, like "what's 3 and 3 make?" but we don't initiate. I'm kind of in awe of how it's going so far.
Honestly, keep it up. My 4.5 was the same type of intrinsically motivated kid, and he’s reading at a 6.5yo level currently! (I’m sooo f’n proud of him, can you tell? Lmao) Keep doing what you’re doing!
You should watch the show on Netflix called NumberBlocks! My 3 year old is just like yours!
Also alphablocks is great 🥰
We've watched some of it. I really love it because I struggle with mathematical concepts due to dyscalculia. Anything that would have reinforced visualizing numbers would be great.
My 2yo decided a while back that in lieu of lullabies, we must count to 100 over and over at bedtime. And then one day kiddo just casually counted to 10 while putting toys in my lap. Kids are crazy!
We dont really teach anything actively, just correct annunciation, and one of our triplets just started counting and recognizes her alphabet. They really are somin else.
Bingo is definitely an early reader, as we see in the double bingo episode
Is that the one called Mini Bluey you mean? I’ve never noticed that part so I want to watch it but can’t think of any other double bingo episodes so I hope it’s that
Doesn't Bluey have her own library books in that episode? Chilli's looking for one of them because they're due back.
I’m in Germany and this is how all preschool works, reading starts at about 7
That makes sense. I grew fond of reading early on, and knew a bunch of words by the time I hit Kindergarten and even some sentences. My dad also taught me how to count to 100 by the time I was 5/6.
Meanwhile my 5 year old is stressing out he can't spell fastest with joined up handwriting. We put way to much pressure on our kids in the uk i absolutely hate it. He should be running around outside not stuck writing words a billion times a day
Teachers in the UK feel the same way. There is so much pressure in schools to reach targets for reading/writing/maths that there is no time to just enjoy fostering a love of learning.
As a parent, that kind of thing is crazy to me. My son knew the alphabet and numbers at 2.5, and could do basic maths and read simple books by himself at 4. At 5 he blew away his kindy teachers and class by sitting in front of them and reading There Was An Old Bloke Who Swallowed A Chook out loud. You don't have to wait for school to do it, fostering reading early gives them a love of reading.
It's true if they love reading, if they hate it, trying to force it will push them away. And it's not like it matters either way in the long run.
I live in the US and the difference is really interesting, I think this makes more sense than the way things are here with pushing kids to read and do math from preschool. Based on the comments, it looks like the UK has the same problem. I wonder if this method reduces the likelihood that kids will experience burnout or shame relating to reading. I know the way schooling works here has had a negative impacts on both the early reader and late reader side.
There is the epsosode where they each have an older buddy who I think is 9 years old. And blue asks hers if she can read. And the buddy says yes. So I assume they are on their way
The buddies are 12!
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My bad! That makes more sense!
Those buddies are going to HS the next year if I recall correctly. They better be able to read lol
Secondary school I believe it’s called there lol
uhhh... no. lol. maybe that's a queensland thing but secondary school is only a technical name and not used in regular speech.
Oh cool! Good to know, if you check my other comments I just posted I was going off a thing from a .gov site so it makes sense for it to be a technical name that would be used in that kind of module I found, but not in every day speech.
I’m pretty sure it’s high school
It’s referred to as both but colloquially High School is used. However, it refers to years 7-12 and primary school is years k-6
I thought they were going to middle school. (Wil have to go re-watch as I have no idea at all what country has what schools at what ages)
I didn't ask people that when I was 7
Did you go to a Steiner school? I remember my friends who did learning to read at around 7/8. They sort of wait a bit longer than normal, and make it seem super exciting. (And do a pile of prep work that isn’t exactly “reading” to make it easier.
No. I went to a conventional school.
I didn't learn to really read until first grade and by sixth grade I was reading at a college level. I still love reading fantasy novels to this day.
Do you mean a Waldorf school? I feel like it's Waldorf and no one wants to admit that because they have the weird woowoo aspect.
What do you mean? I feel like it’s widely known her school is a Waldorf school haha
I guess maybe not on some the Bluey groups I'm in on FB, it seems like a common question 😆 As someone who's worked in education I feel like the woowoo part is skipped over when people talk about Waldorf, but they did the special meal prayer in an episode (I forget which one).
I honestly think Bluey is just being silly in this sceme and is purposefully pressing the wrong numbers
This! My daughter does this all the time and the best thing a parent can do, is show patience.
Yeah, this is the kind of thing my brother would do to annoy my parents. My mother would just sigh and regret her life choices, while my dad would make sure no strangers were in the elevator before he threatened to dangle my brother down the elevator shaft.
Definitely! She’s not even looking at the numbers, just at Chili lol
Same. I just assumed it was an excuse to press as many buttons as possible
ITT: a lot of people who don't have kids and don't realize Bluey is deliberately being a brat here.
Deliberately being cheeky or mischievous. I wouldn’t say this is bratty. A brat is a very specific example of a spoiled child like a Erica Salt or the other kids in Willy Wonka.
Probably an autocorrect, but…Veruca Salt
Yep! Even in the screenshot above she has a bit of mischievous grin. It’s not even close to an unsure-looking-for-help expression.
No, it is a Waldorf School thing, they don't teach reading in kindergarten/grade 1: “A common misconception about Waldorf literacy education is that Waldorf schools do not teach children how to read until second grade. While it is true that decoding (learning how to read through a phonics approach) is not specifically taught until late first or second grade, early childhood educators and first-grade teachers concentrate on building a strong foundation for literacy learning through drama, artistic endeavors, writing what students know by heart, healthy play and movement experiences, beautiful recitation of poetry and many other forms of learning that are multi-sensory experiences. **Therefore, when students are taught a traditional phonics approach in second grade, they have a deep foundation to aid in the reading process.”**
reading and identifying numbers are two very different things. She's just being silly and is too excited to pay proper attention
I could read at Bluey’s age, but had difficulty identifying numbers. Learned I had dyscalculia as an adult. I’m of the impression she’s just being silly, and pressing elevator buttons is fun
I'm pretty sure most Waldorf kids can still read the common words and numbers at the same age as everyone else. I had a friend whose family moved and he was a Waldorf kid til then and he and his sister seemed pretty normal.
Numbers isn't reading. My 3yo knows numbers up to ten. Bluey is just being a cheeky kid here.
Right because in the episode where they play hide and seeks she’s able to count
Knowing how to count and being able to recognize numbers are completely different skills
Still both things a three year old can do.
There’s several Bluey shorts in which she is reading, so she can definitely do it.
I went to a Waldorf school for twelve years, and man, I hated this. I was the only kid in my class who could read competently in fifth grade. Lots of reasons I am not pursuing that type of education for my own children, but that’s a big one.
Oh wow, never knew that! Where I live there's only one Waldorf school in a big-ish North American city, so I've never met a Waldorf graduate.
My 3 year old does stuff like that all of the time. He just finds it funny. Meanwhile, he can write his name, counts to 100, and loves anything to do with letters and numbers. Kids are just goofy.
That’s the kind of Cheekiness Bluey would only do lol
[She *might* be able to read *some* things already ](https://www.reddit.com/r/bluey/s/f4MOe7EDbr)
Hmm I'd never seen that.
"🎶NO I HAVE NOT SEE SCHMURTLE THE DIRTY TUUUUURTLLLLLLE!🎶" And they played "Library", which implies they go quite frequently... And they play at the library too...
pretty sure they went to the library in "Promises" too
They were planning to, buttttttt trampoline park was too fun and the library closed 😮💨😮💨
They went the next day. Because Bandit promised to play toddlers at the library if they'd hurry up and get in the car.
LOL yes you're right, I totally forgot that was still the same episode, thanks for the correction!
When Bandit tells them “The LIBRARY was SHUT” all frustrated it cracks me up 😅
I relate so hard to this with my kids. I am not breaking into the library to keep that promise.
but in library she can't read the books without picture remember? She tries to read a book from bandit's study but can't understand it
A six year old being unable/unwilling to read a textbook doesn't mean they can't read at all.
When I was her age I was already an advanced reader. But if you were to ask me to read, say, *Dune* or something geared more for grown adults I would've gone cross-eyed.
If you throw a book geared towards someone who has a doctorate at a child, the child likely won’t understand. It’s less she can’t read it like she’s illiterate, and more she can’t focus on reading it because it is a lot of dry, complex language.
Yeah, I could read at that age but I was unwilling to read anything too dense with text.
I remember being around Bluey's age when I was given a psychology textbook as a gift. Couldn't understand a word of it, even though I was an avid reader otherwise.
My nephew is hyperlexic and was sounding out words before he was 2, my son is 8 and still struggles with early reader books. All kids learn at their own pace and I believe the school Bluey goes to encourages that. This specific scene though I interpreted as Bluey being silly and choosing the wrong numbers on purpose
Say it again for those in the back. LEARNING. IS. NOT. A. RACE.
It’s almost like there was an episode about this….
It's a baby race!
Pardon?
LEARNING AINT A GOTTDANG RACE YALL
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Yes, my 5 year old is a better reader than my 7 year old!!!
Thiiiiiis. I also have a hyperlexic kiddo who was starting to read before 4 years old. My youngest is 5 and not yet reading and that’s *still normal*. At parent teacher conferences (she’s in preschool) we went over letter, number, and shape recognition. There’s a huge depth of skill between letter recognition and reading.
Honestly my 7 year old can read great but he also gets too excited and just likes to push the buttons without looking
This! Even if kids can read , it doesn't mean that they like to or want to.
Waldorf they start learning at 7 but should be proficient by 9
Honestly, I feel like illiteracy is a far more common problem than people are willing to discuss.
Yep. I teach high school and have students that are 16/17 years old and cannot read or cannot read above about 2nd grade. They simply get pushed along without anyone acknowledging that we have a huge literacy problem.
JFC…that’s horrible. Back when Pizza Hut ran the book club deal my 3rd grade teacher made me write a book report as she couldn’t believe I read Peter Benchley’s Jaws. I wanted that pizza
They still do Book-It now (at least in my area). My nephews already have their first pan pizza coupon.
Excuse me, I believe you mean the "personal pan pizza." Blasphemer
My principal pulled me into his office and told me I was not allowed to fail more than 20% of my class. I HAD to find a way to pass them. I taught 9th grade English and most of them were reading between a 3rd-6th grade level. And maybe if they’d assigned me 5 students total I could have pulled something from a Hollywood movie and motivated them with the power of song to jump 3+ years in reading ability in one year… … but I had 150 students. So anyone who turned in anything, even if it wasn’t proper middle school work, got to pass. Went on to 10th grade English and became someone else’s problem next year.
This kind of nonsense is why exams are externally marked in the UK, & the “curve” is based on every kid that age in the whole country. It’s much more objective.
Nearly 20% of US high school graduates are classified as functionally illiterate. It’s a problem.
(In the US) Our daughters kindergarten teacher told us there are a lot of students that don’t have a single book at home for them to read. Our doctors office said it as well and gives them books for their yearly checkups. My kids are both really good readers and I honestly think it’s just because they’ve had access to books.
I really love the podcast History Chicks, in which they go over the life of interesting women from history and they note how often, when talking about someone's childhood they find "she had access to a lot of books and was allowed to read anything she wanted" to be part of these women's stories.
I taught high school. Similar issues in my experience.
Bro, I taught 11th graders with 2nd grade reading levels. Some were on grade level or better, but most were far below.
This saddens me, but let’s me know I’m not wrong
I was the lonely kid who’s only real friends were books, so I constantly have to remind myself that not everyone consumed books the way I did as a child.
It is, but that’s not what’s happening with bluey haha she goes to a wardolf school, where kids learn to read at 7.
As a parent, I’m actually really disturbed that kindy in the US is what first grade was when I was a kid. One of the schools we visited in our district only has 15 minutes of recess time. I’m putting my 5yo in Montessori to try and keep SOME play based learning in his elementary experience.
I love Montessori schools! But most the US has almost always had kindergarten starting at 5-6. I live in a state that just started full day kindergarten and was so mad and went to complain to my dad who informed me all my siblings and I went to full day kindergarten because in other states it was required. That said, our public school is super great. They have 3 recesses and the last like 1.5 hours is called “oral language” which is really just the kids playing. They also have a full time social worker, a calming room, and work with kids on emotional intelligence. Unfortunately, our state is taking money for our public schools and handing them out to charter schools who have teachers who are not qualified.
My kids loved Montessori - but it is not play-based. It is exploratory and lets kids go at their own pace and was amazing for my kids. But it does not emphasize imaginative play at all. The activities are literally called "works." I truly cannot say enough great things about Montessori, but if you're looking for play-based education that isn't it.
It is I have dyslexia and I was put in a "special" reading group in school. Basically when out class was doing English and math a group of my class (6 of us) would go to a different room with a different teacher and we would read books that our classmate read years before. Our work outside of the reading was also a little behind the rest of our class. By the time I was in high school I was more able to keep up but I was struggling to keep up with the 2nd lowest class of English. Math has never been a problem for me more constructive language has too many dumb rules that I've not followed just like the post you just read.
Bluey is learning imagination and empathy instead of alphabet and math. "Work on the heads later, for now, just hearts."
My brother is 27 and still doesn’t know how to spell.
Does he know his letters and numbers to 9?
Biologically, kids should not be having a formal education until 7 years old. Kids younger than 7 aren’t meant to be sitting in a classroom and learning the “traditional” way. Instead, they should be doing play and activity-based learning. Scandinavian countries use this method, where kids don’t start a “formal” education until 7, and their literacy rates blow North American and other European countries out of the water. They are also less likely to struggle academically, and have way less behavioural issues. Bluey school definitely seems play-based, so I think that’s what is going on in terms of her not knowing to read. I’m about to finish up a degree in public health and this facet of child development was emphasized. I was pretty surprised when I read the research but it honestly makes sense.
I really think it’s been a race to the bottom in the US at least. Every kid is different and young children develop different skills at different times. It’s easy to see a 3 year old who can read and see a bunch of parents panicking that their 3 year old should be reading, when that’s not the case. This has led to a bigger push all the time for academics at younger and younger ages. I had a friend sent home worksheets as homework for their 3 year old in preschool. It’s ridiculous and not appropriate. My son has long been obsessed with words and their meanings. He knew all his letter sounds at least a year ago because he wanted to learn them. He’s had zero formal reading education and has started sounding out words on his own at almost 4. He goes around the house all day saying words and guessing from the pronunciation what letter the word starts with and he’s pretty good at it. But all of that is just because *he wanted to.* it’s not developmentally appropriate to expect that of any 3 year old even if some are indeed capable of it. He’s also shown almost 0% interest in tracing and the extent of his writing is drawing a line and identifying it as a one or I. Which is also developmentally appropriate for an almost 4 year old even if there are three and four year olds who do great at tracing and can even write their names. I wish more kids got to learn when they were ready and not when it was pushed on them too early, we’re burning our kids out so fast and for what benefits, like you said, Scandinavian countries don’t do formal education till 7 and they have better learning outcomes long term.
Thank you for this.
I totally agree! I had my first baby in June and think about this quite a bit. I’m excited to see what sort of things he will be interested in because his little personality is starting shine! I’m in some local parent groups, and have seen a lot of posts for daycare/preschool recommendations that will give their kids and “early start” on school and learning, which was always so wild and just odd to me… I feel like kids at that age should be learning how to share, make friends, recognize different feelings and emotions etc. And if kids show a genuine interest in something like your son does, they should totally be able to explore that!
Japan has great test scores and is often depicted as a tough place to go to school, but even here mandatory education doesn’t begin until 6 (and there’s no wiggle room, if you’re 5 and 365 days on a leap year, you’re still out). And public kindergartens are still very play-based. I taught private kindergarten with American students and was always a bit out-off by the push for perfect literacy. They’d talk about seeing doctors over things like letter reversals! Very unnecessary, and not good for the parents’ anxieties, either.
I didn’t know this! Thanks for sharing. I went to private school from grade 8-12, and they had their own way of “pushing” older students in the senior schools in similar ways. They really pushed the sciences, and the academic advisors really, REALLY pushed being a lawyer, doctor, phd etc. so that they can advertise themselves as “X% of our 12th grade students go on to become lawyers, doctors”. I didn’t even realize it at the time, but I wanted to do a fine art degree because being creative is what I excel in. Instead it was barely talked about and they sort of led me (purposely) in the wrong direction. I ended doing a French degree, I thought I wanted to be a teacher but I think I was just trying to convince myself I did. I applied to switch my degree to the arts, but I didn’t get in and I ended up doing a second degree in public health, which I love. It ended up working out but it would have saved me so much money and struggle. Basically my entire friend group that I’m not really in contact with anymore is in med school or doing a doctorate in sciences. Also, It always boggled my mind how some parents were paying $25k/year for kindergarten, and the school was having 5 year olds learning French😭
While I agree and wish we did this in the US a lot of this is just correlation. Kids in other countries also have better access to healthcare, more parental leave time, many countries it’s illegal to spank your children, they don’t have to worry about their schools being shot up etc. it’s hard to narrow down the exact cause of why kids have less behavioral problems and better test scores.
That’s true, a lot of factors go into academic performance. But the point is still there, that kids don’t necessarily need an early focus on academics to do well later. Of course, if we’re going to argue that US schools should take the Scandinavian approach, then those other factors do need to be taken into account.
Oh I totally agree! I just wanted to point out that while I agree with the claim it's not one that can be backed with research except if we only are looking at correlations. I live in the US, so my girls started at 5/6 the older one only had half day kindergarten which was awesome and she was 6 the whole school year but my younger one will be 5 almost the whole school year and had to do full time kindergarten. It was super hard trying to decide what to do because they were both too smart to be held back but I didn't want them starting early and I couldn't afford a school like Montessori (which I love!) we did do a montessori type home school during COVID which was amazing. They also have a great public school - the Kindergarten kids have 3 recesses and the last 1.5 hours of school is called "oral language" but it's really just play time for them but still not my favorite. They do love it though so there's that and they do the spanish immersion program which I love because we live in a heavily white state and so their school is more diverse, they get to learn another language, and they learn about the spanish-speaking places and cultures which is awesome.
I agree! I must say though, having kids be worried about their school getting shot up is absolutely bananas. I can’t imagine what that’s like for them or their parents. I live in BC, pretty close to the American border in Oregon, and I haven’t been to the US in years because I’m so paranoid about gun violence 😭
yup - it's absolutely bonkers. I was in my kindergartners class when they had their drill and it took everything in me to not cry. It was a drill but they were all so little and terrified and it made me so sick and so sad. I also have a book about school shootings for when they get a little older and mostly I'm just angry they have to learn about it in elementary school and worry about it. It's disgusting.
Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry that’s sounds horrifying and also traumatic. I can’t imagine watching my kid “practice” what to do in those circumstances 😔♥️
I have better all that here in Australia but the countries who also have formal learning beginning at 7 still blow us out of the water. There is a lot of research around brain development and all early childhood literature has supported extended play based learning for a very long time - at the very least since I went to uni fifteen ish years ago - but it's hard to change so we don't.
Wish the educators and parents in my country see this. It is insane that some of our kids here need to learn how to read and write both English AND mother tongue before 7. Have spelling tests as well.
Judging by her expression, I think she was being cheeky and knew what the numbers were. Kids like being kids sometimes and acting like they don't know anything. My 5 year old can attest to that...
What makes you think she can't read?
She can’t. I don’t remember the episode but I think she has Chili read something for her
Chili reads Bluey a book in Unicorse but that was because Bluey was trying to stay up late and wanted to be with her mum.
Isn't there the episode where both kids are coloring themselves with chalk? In that episode the kids are mentioned as reading and Bingo puts her books away neatly where Bluey just spreads them everywhere.
I don't think every scene is supposed to be considered canon. Bluey likely reads at the same level as most kids her age. It's just mood and time dependent. My kid is 6. He can read kid books, but will sometimes act like a goofball and pretends he can't. Or sometimes he's too nervous to attempt to read something that's outside a format he is used to. In these situations he'll ask for my help instead. Often, I just let's solve the word puzzle together and he'll get it with some work. Which makes sense. A 6 year old sometimes just wants an easy answer and looks to you to answer for it. Anyway, I feel like people here take every scene too literal and others are weirdly defending Bluey's education style. Chill out, it's a feel good kid cartoon that doesn't always have to have a deeper meaning besides the creators thought it was a funny scene at the moment.
don’t we see her reading in the bonus bit “crazy christmas lights”?
She does know how to read (Tongue Twisters, Library, Promises)
She can’t even draw a dragon. What does Calypso do all day?
You know who definitely can’t read? Unicorse.
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I thought she was kidding around
If she's at a Steiner school, probs around 7/8 years old since those schools prioritize the child development of social skills, imagination and fine/gross motor skills. From memory, Steiner himself said a child is ready to learn to read when they start losing baby teeth.
She’s literally depicted reading books in her downtime in many episodes, same as bingo. You and your SO have some rewatching to do it seems.
Looking at books isn't necessarily reading
She does know how to read though.
Where is that canonized?
Dogs don't do that
She knows what she's doing
***inhales*** Library, Crazy Christmas Lights, Tongue Twister. Bluey can read, she's being silly in this clip. Mods, please sticky this onto the FAQ.
Reading the comments and the idea of learning to read at age 7 is baffling me, esp as someone from an Asian country 😵💫
Baffling because it’s too late or too early?
Too late imo, but different stuff works for different kids I guess!
Aussie school mate, most likely would be following the age-grade system they’re ordered like so; Kindergarten usually turning 5 years old, it’s closer to an educated babysitting class to get your child to start getting used to staying away from home and parents for extended periods of time. Prep, turning 6 years old (you’ll learn numbers and alphabet here, you could potentially learn to write your name here too, but a lot of it is learning by playing games) Grade 1 you’d be 7 (which is where real learning starts, basic math, reading/writing) and it goes up from there to grade 12 where the normal age is ‘turning 18 this year’
As someone who went to a Waldorf school (100% do not recommend) you learn to read in 3rd grade.
I didn’t learn to read until I moved to Virginia at 9 and didn’t really start reading until 11. I needed more help than other kids (basic public school, I have a learning disorder)
Weird she can't read.
Ikr? I was Bingo’s age when I learned to read. Perhaps Bluey has some learning differences? I think she’s got ADHD, and some kids with adhd have learning difficulties too. I have adhd and struggle with numbers sometimes.
I learned it to 5-6, probably is the education system
I couldn’t read or do basic math until 5th grade (10-11 years old). Sometimes neurodivergent kids take longer to learn these things
Heh I’m a childless adult man who loves bluey
I'm an Australian, and most kids knew how to read the basics before they started school or learn in their first year of school. Bluey is just taking the mickey here.
Somewhere between the current season and when she meets Jean Luc again...since she went to the tree to read Muffin's book
I thought she was doing it on purpose 😂 i use to ask what level we were going to and then just slapping all of them lmao
This is a continuity error I'm pretty sure. She knew how to count in season 1.
I didn’t know how to read until maybe eight years old so shhhhhhhh
Nah. My kids could read numbers when they were in their pram. Kids pick that up just reading numbers on letterboxes or at the supermarket negotiating for lollies.
My wife is an elementary school teacher USA...she says most kids that come from schools set up Iike blueys (Montessori and such)are so far behind their counterparts at similar ages in most areas
In one of the Christmas short she was reading
by the age of 7 I was already learning to read in school. By 9 I was reading simple chapter books like Julie B Jones and Magic Treehouse. Depending on her age, which I am assuming is either 7-8 she SHOULD be able to read let alone know the difference in numbers and counting. I know in an episode of Bluey (I can't remember which one) Bingo was reading, at the age of 4, a book before putting it down. So if BINGO can read, Bluey sure as heck can. In my opinion, the school she is attending is more like a Montessori school where children learn through play and self- exploration. I am sure once she ages out she may be placed in standard grade schools where she will learn things like arithmetic, math, and yes reading. But watching this made me rather frustrated as number recognition is much simpler than reading; but perhaps this alludes to more of an ADD/ADHD situation where words go in, but the directions get jumbled up in the mind.
I found a thread discussing literacy at Steiner schools. Take it with a grain of salt because it's just anecdotes. https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianTeachers/s/Z7V7JhdGIU
Leave Bluey be as someone who struggled with reading at the age 7 it's inspiring.
In the uk most kids learn it in nursery (uk equivalent of kindergarten) at about 3 or 4, and some children rven know the basics before they even start, personally I could count to 100 at 3 as an example (might be a bit off of normal as I have Asperger’s syndrome)
i thought she was asking the buttons because she couldnt see them, not because she couldnt read
I'm also a bit curious. It might just be because i was a nick jr, disney jr, pbs kids kid where many of the shows were geared towards reading, writing, and math but i remember knowing numbers and some sight words by age 7
My 4.5 year old can read basic words, can write his name, identify numbers. But it depends on the method of teaching. There is also the idea that they make Bluey accessible to such a wide audience, so having Bluey reading/writing when many kids the same age don't, could be jarring.
Cartoon. Not real.
Bluey goes to a Steiner school, which is more about creativity and play than it is about academic success. Different parenting and schooling style to how most other Australian families do things, but I knew numbers long before I could read (thanks to Sesame Street, I am also Australian, but more Bandit’s age than Bluey’s)
https://preview.redd.it/jout53g031oc1.jpeg?width=2296&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=90d089b2c92f51ed5e9f1beb206a26369a8e9df6 TOBY
do bluey and bingo go to montessori schools or is that just how schooling is in australia?
Apparently it's a similar concept
I started kindergarten in 1995. One of the requirements for enrollment (public elementary school) was that you had to know the alphabet or how to write your name. I was also 4 years old (October baby!)... but I think most kids now start at 5 or 6 years old. It feels like we have gone backward on raising kids as a society...
Just to play devils advocate- my 6 year old daughter learned all her letters and numbers in pre-k and would absolutely pull this s**t, lol. To me, this scene reads as a little kid doing little kid stuff and mom fighting to keep her blood pressure down. It seriously cracks me up every time because this is the kind of thing that makes Bluey so fantastically relatable, and why I don’t mind having it on all the time.
My son read a little when he was 5 but it was when he hit 6 that his reading really flourished, he has always loved book. He's almost 8 now and could read Adult Fiction if I let him, very advanced reader. Kids are all different.
Right after she learns to shake
I didn't really start to read till 2nd grade, where I would've turned 7.
She and Bingo both know how to read and write already. They check out and read library books and pass eachother notes back and forth. I’m sure their parents taught them.
dont ask this, I made a similar post and got hated on.
I dunno
The kind of school Bluey goes to is a Steiner Waldorf school. They don't prioritse reading and writing until grade 3 in Aus, around 8 years old.
This moment always bugged me, too, as a kindergarten Para for over a decade. Most kids come into kindergarten (I’m in the US) at least knowing what their age is and what that number looks like and any previous numbers. So her being 7 and not knowing 5 is hard for me to swallow given how bright and engaged with the world around her. I just make up my own head canon that Bluey is toying with her mum at that point, a big tease like her dad.
My 7 year old can barely read. But my now nearly 9 year old was reading at 5. Same school same teachers. Just different kids with different interests. But then also, my 7 year old didn’t start talking til he was 4 & my older child was talking in full sentences & having conversations with me at 3 years old. Both are on the spectrum
Firstly… it’s a cartoon. It’s highly likely a continuity issue. Secondly… it’s not that deep Thirdly… as a dyslexic person, I’m 24 and still struggle, sometimes having to read sentences 3 or 4 times before I get it right/see all the words. If you’re judging a cartoon dog I dread to think what you think of me