Flashback!
The three R's are not ignored in the text envisioned, they are learned under different ground rules, in more varied ways and at more varied times.
These real tasks are much better than such idiot's-delight activities as colouring a circle green on a reading-readiness drill pad!They are better not only because they are meaningful but because they are the raw material of real readiness for learning.
This paragraph is the best lover for students.(=^^=)
The learner himself should become a resource.