OPINION: What are kindergartens really for? — Richard Hartung

The Malaysian Insider, 29 Aug 2012
AUG 29 — “All I really need to know i learned in kindergarten”, author Robert Fulghum wrote in a book with that title some time ago.
What he recalled was simple. “Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit.” These and about a dozen similar lessons were the really important ones that helped him throughout his life.
Neither writing nor reading was on Fulghum’s list. Instead, the biggest benefits came from the social skills and values he learned while playing with his classmates. Full story

Related:
Don’t turn preschool into a prep course for Primary 1: PM Lee - inSing.com