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> [Learning isn't just K-12. It starts prenatally. If you get a bead on what your children are and aren't being exposed to at school, that will suggest the kinds of experiences you want your children to have outside of school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-hirsh-pasek/learning-isn-t-just-k-12-it-starts-prenatally-if-you-get-a-bead-on/)

[Kathy Hirsh-Pasek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-hirsh-pasek/)

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## More by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

> [Collaboration is everything from getting along with others to controlling your impulses so you can get along and not kick someone else off the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-hirsh-pasek/collaboration-is-everything-from-getting-along-with-others-to/)

[Kathy Hirsh-Pasek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-hirsh-pasek/)

> [What we do with little kids today will matter in 20 years. If you don't get it right, you will have an unlivable environment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-hirsh-pasek/what-we-do-with-little-kids-today-will-matter-in-20-years-if-you-don/)

[Kathy Hirsh-Pasek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-hirsh-pasek/)

> [Critical thinking relies on content, because you can't navigate masses of information if you have nothing to navigate to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-hirsh-pasek/critical-thinking-relies-on-content-because-you-can-t-navigate-masses/)

[Kathy Hirsh-Pasek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-hirsh-pasek/)

> [If Rip Van Winkle came back, there's only one institution he would recognize: "Oh! That's a school. Kids are still sitting in rows, still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-hirsh-pasek/if-rip-van-winkle-came-back-there-s-only-one-institution-he-would/)

[Kathy Hirsh-Pasek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-hirsh-pasek/)

> [We're training kids to do what computers do, which is spit back facts. And computers are always going to be better than human beings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-hirsh-pasek/we-re-training-kids-to-do-what-computers-do-which-is-spit-back-facts/)

[Kathy Hirsh-Pasek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-hirsh-pasek/)

> [Learning isn't just K-12. It starts prenatally. If you get a bead on what your children are and aren't being exposed to at school,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-hirsh-pasek/learning-isn-t-just-k-12-it-starts-prenatally-if-you-get-a-bead-on/)

[Kathy Hirsh-Pasek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-hirsh-pasek/)

> [Content is built on communication. You can't learn anything if you haven't learned how to understand language, or to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-hirsh-pasek/content-is-built-on-communication-you-can-t-learn-anything-if-you/)

[Kathy Hirsh-Pasek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-hirsh-pasek/)

> [Creative innovation requires knowing something. You can't just be a monkey throwing paint on a canvas. It's the 10,000-hour rule: You need to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-hirsh-pasek/creative-innovation-requires-knowing-something-you-can-t-just-be-a/)

[Kathy Hirsh-Pasek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-hirsh-pasek/)

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