[blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

[Veronica Smith]

Oh yah, that too! V
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From: "trishs" <slosser at metrocast.net>
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Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!


> Not to mention name, address and phone number.
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>> ----- 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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