Delaying formal lessons until after a child turns six, to allow them to focus on play-based learning, so those who struggle at the age of four or five are not put off for life.

把正式入学年龄延迟至六岁，让孩子们专注于以游戏为主的学习，这样那些四五岁就被拉去上学的孩子们不至于一直落在别人后面。

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But when a grassy area was planted with bushes, the children got much more into fantasy play, and the social hierarchy was now based on imagination and creativity.

但是，当一片草地上种植着灌木丛的时候，孩子们就会更多地参与到幻想游戏中，并且社会等级此时便建立在想象力和创造力的基础上。

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The play is loosely based on his childhood in Russia.

那部剧大致上是根据他在俄罗斯的童年生活写成的。

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