[blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

[trishs]

Not to mention name, address and phone number.

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:15:43 -0600
>Subject: Re: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

>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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