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Are five year olds too young for online learning? Not according to the Virtual Kindergarten program in one Pennsylvania school district. Their students augment traditional learning methods with computer lessons.

The Journal reports:

"The virtual school includes interactive lessons to augment literacy, numeracy, technology, and science standards, as well as individual lessons that cater to a specific child's needs. Lessons during the 2007-2008 school year included a dinosaur counting game, story reading, and number counting practice. The site provides links to other online resources for the activities that students and their parents participate in."

I'm a big fan of technology. But, sometimes I think our youngest students benefit more from human interaction, reading, and "real world" activities than from software suites.