Kindergarten: What to Expect

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Complete Kindergarten Homeschooling Curriculum for $100!!

I just wrote this up for a new friend of mine who is considering homeschooling her daughter in the fall.  There’s so much info here I thought it might work well as a post!I adore Sonlight.  I really do.  I have purchased four of their Cores and will surely remain a willing and happy custom ...

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Two Antidotes to 'Kindergarten Cram'

In Sunday's New York TimesMagazine Peggy Orenstein voices the worries that many middle-income parents are having about kindergarten: Have we gone overboard in trying to make sure our students are academically prepared? In her piece "Kindergarten Cram" Orenstein asks: "What was the rush?" "How d ...

guest published on 05-05, 0 reply , 38 view ; last update 05-05 14:53( guest)

Making a Connection Between Social Behaviors in Preschool and Kindergarten Success

You voted. We investigated. In a blog post earlier this month we asked you to choose what research most piqued your interest among 10 relevant posters released at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. The top 3 vote-getters: Research on "fade-out" in the element ...

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Kindergarten is the New First Grade

I have been dealing with a lot of guilt lately.  Guilt over facebooking.  Guilt over laundry.  But mostly guilt over homeschooling.  I'm pretty sure this is part of the process so I have sought out the appropriate people seeking counsel and reassured myself as best I can.  But I got perhap ...

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Cathleen Wagner taught kindergarten at Columbiana's Joshua Dixon Elementary School for more than 30 years. She died Wednesday morning from complications due to the H1N1 virus. Superintendent Don Mook said Cathie was recognized for many educational contributions locally and statewide including t ...

SHAWNEE OK -- Five year old Sahara Brown is a little shy while playing a weather girl in her kindergarten class but put a microphone in her hand and she can stand up in front of her fellow Pleasant Grove Elementary students in Shawnee and sing the national anthem better than most adults.

Education was one of two key topics at Jackson’s Board of Education meeting for April.   Resident Allyson Robinson was the main person addressing the board on the matter looking for an answer and more information on why the board will not change from the current kindergarten format of all-da ...

ELYRIA — Kids in Elyria may get to stay closer to home next year as the school district expands its full-day kindergarten program. Despite predictions that the program will likely have fewer students next year the district is adding classes to neighborhood schools. What started out 11 years a ...

Palo Alto kindergarten teacher Diana Argenti along with Palo Verde Elementary School reading specialist Natalie Bivas and 287 of their Palo Alto teaching colleagues have petitioned State Sen. Joe Simitian D-Palo Alto to help make sure kids are 5 years old before they start kindergarten. That wo ...