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Kindergarten Readiness
Asked by H.S. from Cincinnati
on April 26, 2010
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While recently at a preschool field trip with my daughter, I was at a table eating while discussing kindergarten with other moms, and was shocked at how many of the mo...
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- I find this fascinating. Had same issue with my 5 year old last year, born in July. He is in Kindergarten and doing fantastic. Now I am faced with something similar wi...
- Ugh! Parents are so funny. They are so afraid their children will not do well in kindergarten? What on earth do they think is going to happen there? They learn to ...
- My son is in K this year and his birthday is in March. He went to preschool when he was 4 which helped him in most every way prepare for K, especially socially. My y...
Help with Kindergarten Readiness
Asked by A. from Lakeland
on August 28, 2006
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After my daughter was in daycare from 3 months to almost 3 years, my husband and I decided to become a one working parent family. I am now a stay at home mom, have bee...
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- I just got my current issue of South FLorida Parenting Magazing and noticed the cover had an article about "Are you ready for Kindergarten?" You may want to pick up...
- PRACTICE THE SOUNDS THE LETTERS MAKE. VOWELS MAKE TWO SOUNDS, LONG AND SHORT. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PRACTICE COLORING. WRITE HER ABC'S IN LOWER CASE ALSO. SHE NEEDS T...
- A.: there is a free program which works on phonics and reading which is great: www.starfall.com J.
Preparing for Kindergarten
Asked by A.S. from Dallas
on July 20, 2011
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My oldest daughter will be starting kindergarten in a few weeks and I'm in a flurry trying to get everything ready. Gathering school supplies, clothes, making after s...
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- With my oldest, her kindergarten teacher had these cute tea bags with a poem attached for all the "nervous" mommies, I wish I kept the poem it was about now was time f...
- My youngest child, my son will be starting Kindergarten! Its bittersweet. But he seems excited himself. I have explained to him already, that his last month of Pre...
- I didn't really have those sad emotional feelings. When my oldest went to kindy, it's wasn't like separation was something new - she was in daycare since 8 weeks, went...
Ready for Kindergarten
Asked by N.S. from Greensboro
on February 11, 2008
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My daughter is 4 years old and has a September birthday. She has been going to a preschool for two years now and is in the fours class. I recently had a review with he...
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- Sounds like she's ready. I wouldn't worry too much about the shyness. My daughter was shy when she started preK. but WOW! did that change. Mine goes to a public Montes...
- N.- You will not be disappointed. My 2 oldest had to start school as an older 5 because of Texas rules. My 2 youngest could start school at 4 here in NC but we...
- My son has a late September birthday. He is smart too. However, we decided to wait until he was almost 6 for him to start Kindergarten. He just started this fall. ...
Preschool to Kindergarten
Asked by A.A. from Minneapolis
on November 16, 2008
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My little boy turned 2 at the end of July and suddenly we are looking for preschools for Fall 09. It's surreal to be thinking of him as a preschooler when he just turn...
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- My son is an August birthday so we had a similar choice to make. We did 2 years of preschool and he is now in Kindergarten at age 5. The difficulty in starting prescho...
- I will have to make this decision about my son born in July. I had an August birthday and was glad to be one of the youngest in my class. I was usually the tallest g...
- I also sent my just 3 year old (Aug 2) to preschool last year with much hesitation. He is now 4 and in his 2nd year of preschool and still debating to send him to kind...
Kindergarten
Asked by H.V. from Dallas
on November 18, 2008
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My youngest will be headed into Kindergarten and well i have to make sure he is 100% ready for it. He goes to speech twice a week and MDO twice a week.
Is there somet...
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- I haven't read your other posts but as a mother of 3 and all with late birthdays, I have held mine out of Kindergarten until they are about to be 6. I just feel like ...
- H., I know a lot of people like to let their children with late birthdays wait a whole year before sending their children to kindergarten but I don't agree. My son ...
- Hi H., Have you considered not sending him next year because of his age and speech issues? My son's birthday is Aug 27, & I decided long ago that I would not se...
I'm Not in Kindergarten, SHE Is...
Asked by J.B. from Houston
on October 6, 2011
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Our daughter who is in kindergarten has homework that comes home every Monday. This homework isn't due until Friday, no biggie. But I cant send it back with her UNTI...
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- Wow. All my kids had a folder with a school side and a home side. Any notes to teacher went in on the school side, any notes home came to me on the home side. No...
- Yes, this is usual. Doesn't he have a folder in his backpack to carry papers back and forth? If so, you can put his homework in the folder on Tuesday and leave it th...
- My daughter didn't have the weekly assignments until at least 2nd grade. But then she did have them every week. We just keep all her papers for the week in her backpac...
Should We Visit His Kindergarten and See What He Is Learning????
Asked by B.H. from Los Angeles
on September 7, 2011
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My grandson, (he and his parents have lived with us since before he was born and we all raise him in harmony), started kindergarten 3 weeks ago in a charter school. We...
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- Does his school have an Open House coming up? Usually at our Open House, you can sign up for a time for a parent-teacher conference. That would probably be the time ...
- At my daughter's school, they publish their nine week plans, so you at least get a high level sense of the topics they are covering. I would advis eyou to give the te...
- Certainly go visit. In fact, call the teacher and ask to set up a meeting. Asking for lesson plans might be a bit much, but you could ask for the overall plan for the ...
Preparing the Child for Kindergarten
Asked by A.S. from Dallas
on January 19, 2011
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As it gets closer and closer to the time I need to enroll my daughter in school I'm starting to think of the things she will have difficulties with during the day. Ri...
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- They have meet the teacher night before school starts. You go there, and you'll both see and learn exactly where you'll be dropping her off, where her class is (you ca...
- From my experience... generally the first day of school will be more of an orientation for the student and parent. Both my kids were so excited to start school. I'm ...
- best way to prepare for KG: make sure the child excels with the KG pre-testing. Contact the school district for a list of benchmarks to help with this. The teache...
Picking up Kid Early from Kindergarten
Asked by V.B. from Columbus
on June 23, 2011
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Hi all,
our almost 6 year old daughter (October birthday) is about to start kindergarten. State of Ohio requires 12.5 hrs of kindergarten instruction... Yet in our...
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- Really? Your daughter will feel so left out if you pick her up early! She will be 6 in october she will be fine! My daughter truned 5 the week before kindergarten a...
- In our town we only provide half day kindergarten. There is a full day option but it costs money and there is a lottery, and all the working parents are always stress...
- The only experience that I have is the fact that I had some of the same concerns you have. My daughter attended 1/2 day preschool 3 days a week before going to full t...
