tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8678450334416953397.post1571568373258402536..comments2023-12-26T06:39:59.775-05:00Comments on A Lovely Life, Indeed: Preparing the Littles for Kindergarten: A Teacher's PerspectiveKelly Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424296190091205312noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8678450334416953397.post-71510452781998809082016-07-20T12:55:20.741-04:002016-07-20T12:55:20.741-04:00This is so awesome! I will definitely be trying s...This is so awesome! I will definitely be trying some of this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811510756252265414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8678450334416953397.post-80715195712985465122016-07-20T10:48:00.663-04:002016-07-20T10:48:00.663-04:00Great Post Kelly with so many excellent points. I&...Great Post Kelly with so many excellent points. I'm happy that kindergarten is now behind me for the third time... but I do love the little poem that says... everything we need to know we learn in kindergarten, so true in many dimensions. On the socialization aspect, oh my gosh, I really so wish parents would stop making friends for their children. You must know these types, creating groups together to the point where the children don't know how to even relate to people outside of their little circle. By kindergarten most little people seem to me to be perfectly capable of making friends and getting along with others on their own, it seems to me a good way to start out while empowering and instilling confidence toward the future. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08377850483652386532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8678450334416953397.post-33546817240294928592016-07-20T10:23:10.603-04:002016-07-20T10:23:10.603-04:00Carla, it sounds like your daughter is just fine. ...Carla, it sounds like your daughter is just fine. Early reading is not necessary; it's about readiness. Those foundations of early literacy, like letter recognition and letter-sound correspondence are the building blocks of literacy. Every child learns in his or her own time. :-) Kelly Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424296190091205312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8678450334416953397.post-25923252183863773612016-07-20T10:11:05.450-04:002016-07-20T10:11:05.450-04:00I will never forget my daughter's kindergarten...I will never forget my daughter's kindergarten teacher grabbing me the first week of school and thanking me profusely for not sending my child to kindergarten already reading. If she had been interested and pushing to learn how to read – – I would have taken her up on that :-)<br />But she wasn't destined to become an early reader so I read to her we played games with letters etc.<br />It surprised me how excited her teacher was to receive such a blank slate. Carlahttp://tinyurl.com/hn7z369noreply@blogger.com