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Category Archives: Everything I need to know to go to kindergarten
What Do You Mean You Don’t Understand?
Sometimes TMI is a good thing especially when it comes to directions. Often important pieces of information are missing for the audience reading or listening to the directions. I don’t think it’s on purpose. It’s more a causality of doing something … Continue reading
Posted in Everything I need to know to go to kindergarten, Notes from the teacher's desk
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Stop, Look and Listen
Back in the day when I was a kindergarten teacher, parents of young children would want to know what skills their child should have before going to kindergarten. They were always a bit surprised at my answer. The number one … Continue reading
Stop, Look and Learn
I heard an interesting comment on the John Tesh Show the other day……..a child’s vocabulary, when they enter kindergarten, is an indicator of how well they will succeed in school. Simply said, this means children need experiences to introduce them … Continue reading
I Am Not A Fan, I Am
Confession time…..I am a teacher and I am not a fan of Dr. Seuss. No one ever gave me a book! I didn’t grow up with Dr. Seuss and I just never learned to love him. But I do appreciate … Continue reading
Start Talking
Babies and young children need a language rich environment. They need you to talk to them. They need you to also talk with them. They start learning to read by sharing books. Book Smart, Top to Bottom, Drama, Drama, Drama! and … Continue reading
It’s Still Greek
I love baby babble. It’s just so darn cute. You can’t help but get caught up in it and babble back. I think the cutest sight is to see a baby with a book, babbling away, patting the book and … Continue reading
Don’t Break The Table!
I have a confession to make. When I had my first child I thought she was the cutest, smartest child ever! So when she went to kindergarten I had all the confidence in the world that everything would be just … Continue reading
It’s Greek To Me!
Can you read this sentence for me, please? ! $)&^ (* &% ! #&^. Of course you can’t. This is what printed material looks like to someone who can’t read, whether they are 6 or 60. Until they are … Continue reading
Where’s The Duck?
I am a children’s bookaholic! There, I said it…… think what you will of me but that’s just the way it is. I have over 700 children’s books in my personal library. Recently, I have felt so guilty about adding … Continue reading
Drama, Drama, Drama!
The book has been picked out, your little one is sitting in your lap ready to hear a story, you’ve been singing “Top to bottom, left to right”, you’ve opened the book, and now, you need to channel your inner thespian. … Continue reading
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