[blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

[Veronica Smith]

I've also noticed that private schools have much higher expectations than 
public schools.  Here in NM, they wanted the kids to know their colors, 
their alphabet, and how to spell their name.  But my friend child went to a 
private school and her child had to know the same stuff as the public plus 
how to write their names and what the long and short sounds were of each 
letter and of course, both private and public expected the kids to know 
their nembers 1 to 10. V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 7:43 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!


> Yes, it is certainly amazing how much kindergarten has changed.  When I 
> was
> a school counselor and planning lessons for kindergarten I was surprised
> about how much they knew and were expected to know.  Not sure how I feel
> about it...  I guess it's the wave of the future.
> Melissa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Eileen
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 7:41 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!
>
> I just had my first parent teacher conference for kindergarten and I am
> in shock! The teacher sat for ten minutes just showing us all the
> material the class
> has covered in the first 4 weeks of class. They are expected to know all
> the letter names and sounds, rhyming,  write their name, and other
> things that
> I can't even remember now.
>
> Each child is working on a monthly calendar,  personal essays and they
> not only discuss activities they form sentences about it as a group on
> the board.
>
> Wow! When I was working with Asher on learning to read I had no idea
> that he would be using all those skills  immediately.
>
> All the preschool told me was that he needed to work on lower case
> letters so I went out and bought a set of lowercase letter tiles from
> office depo. We
> used the tiles to make words and play junior scrabble.
>
> When I was a kid, if I covered the entire alphabet in kindergarten it
> was a major achievement. phew
> Eileen
>
>
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