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How long does it take to read School Can Wait?

Raymond S. Moore, Dorothy N. Moore

School Can Wait by Raymond S. Moore, Dorothy N. Moore takes about 5 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 9 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1982. 281 pages, about 77,275 words.

11 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 8 hours 35 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 9 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 13 minutes

The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Many young children are in desperate need of help. We offer this book as a solution to many of their problems. The result of a $257,000 federal grant, School Can Wait, a thoroughly documented study, cuts through conventional wisdom to underscore the importance of unbroken continuity of parental attachment wherever possible and the dangers of formal schooling until at least age eight to ten. - Back cover.

Subjects: Preschool Education, Psychology of Learning, Readiness for school, Home Schooling, Preschool & Kindergarten

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