Is Kindergarten Ready for Your Child?
Is Kindergarten Ready for Your Child?
Besides considering your child's needs, abilities, and maturity, you also should take the time to evaluate the kindergarten program in your school district. Finding out about your local kindergarten will give you other factors that may help you determine when to enroll your child. Ask the school's principal about:
- Class size
- The number of teachers and staff per pupil
- The use of aides in the classroom
- Whether they operate on a half-day or full-day schedule
- How much contact your child is likely to have with older children—in the lunchroom, bathroom, playground, and so on
- The nature and objectives of the kindergarten's "academic" and social program
All of this information should help you reach the best decision for your own child.
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Fire Station VisitDirections Go to the library and find a book about firemen and firefighting. Read the book to your child a few times and write down the list of questions your child asks about how houses start on fire, who gets to be a fireman, and
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Syl-la-ble ClappingWhat you need: Picture books What you do: 1. Point to a picture of something that has more than one syllable in its name and say it. 2. Say it again slowly as you clap out each syllable: ba-na-na. Have your child clap out the syl
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Menorahs, Mistletoe, and the Meaning of HolidaysKids Can Get Confused The little boy was only four or five, out for a drive with his father. Whats that? he asked, as they passed a synagogue. Thats a temple, where Jewish people go to pray, the father
