celebtrashwhore wrote:I learned how to read in the first grade. They teach kids how to read in school, so why would preschoolers need to learn beforehand? The first year would be pretty boring for them if they already knew everything that was being taught. If you want to teach your children how to read before they enter school, be my guest.
alm81 wrote:
Yeah, times have changed. I was so shocked last year when my oldest son was in kindergarten and learned to read. One day he read Cat in the Hat to his brother. I was likeWhen I was in kindergarten, pretty much all we did was play with blocks and playdough and listen to the teacher read books.
When did you learn how to read?
Dont most parents teach their kid how to read before the school does?
Kindergarten is just not the same anymore....
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Posts: 27312 (03/16/2009 1:48 PM) |
What am I saying that's nonsense? Yes I'm serious. Of course I believe a parent should try to teach them the basics of reading but obviously a teacher
is much better-equipped to teach a child to read.
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Posts: 8215 (03/16/2009 1:50 PM) |
MeParley wrote:That is what confuses me! If anything, our high school graduates across the nation are dumber! (Or know less) |
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Posts: 27313 (03/16/2009 1:51 PM) |
gravis911 wrote:All I'm trying to say is that if a child hasn't learned to read by high school it's probably not the parent's fault. It's an issue of some sort of a learning disorder, or a really craptastic school system. |
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Posts: 6728 (03/16/2009 1:53 PM) |
Was your child conceived during a rape fantasy?
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Posts: 25930 (03/16/2009 2:00 PM) |
As a parent, I hated those projects from the lower grades. There's no way a 5 year old is going to put anything together on their own. I was always pissed
when it basically became a project for the parent and the kid didn't really understand why. A 3D anything in kindergarten is wrong.
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Posts: 6456 (03/16/2009 2:15 PM) |
alm81 wrote: Lol well im glad youre all about challenging your kids. Dont worry Ill teach them how to read beforehand. I learned how to read when I was three. |
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Posts: 7319 (03/16/2009 2:23 PM) |
I learned how to read when I was 3 too but I don't think it helped my education much. I know if I had to give a presentation in kindergarten (other than
recite the alphabet and count to 100 for the teacher, privately), I would have hid under the desk
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Posts: 40047 (03/16/2009 2:26 PM) |
My sister has to learn MATH. And she's in Kindergarten lol
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Posts: 1265 (03/16/2009 4:29 PM) |
I'm a kindergarten teacher and I personally would never give a project like that. The most involved project that we've given this year to do at home is
a timeline for social studies.
For science right now, we're learning about plant life- and we're working on a little play/musical on plants. The kids LOVE it. They are learning and having fun at the same time. |
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Posts: 12308 (03/16/2009 4:41 PM) |
kids learn best when they play. any school not involving play in learning is just not following best practice.
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Posts: 3494 (03/16/2009 10:55 PM) |
BlooCrayon wrote:They are learning about habitats and that's why they are doing it. The teacher said shes not grading them on the presentation but just that they did one period. They have drama class where the kindergarten class goes on stage and preforms together and she does great with that, but when shes all by herself she is very shy. But yeah the thing that annoys me the most is I am going to be the one doing most of the project and its just kind of annoying. |
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Posts: 16578 (03/16/2009 10:57 PM) Most Mysterious '08 |
it could be a great & memorable learning experience for parent and child.
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Posts: 2836 (03/16/2009 10:59 PM) |
BlooCrayon wrote:I sincerely thought this read "I'm in kindergarden". 
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Posts: 1266 (03/16/2009 11:03 PM) |
Irishlvr04 wrote:That's why I would never assign a project like that. For instance, for the 100th day of school, we had the kids make a fun project at home that had 100 of something and share it. Most kids made projects with 100 stickers, pennies, stamps, etc. But of course, there were my few kids with these elaborate projects that their parents did. Projects at home like that typically don't tell me (at that age) what the students know; they tell me what the parents know and can do. |
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Posts: 543 (03/16/2009 11:03 PM) |
The only things I remember in Kindergarten are coloring, ABC's, 123's & art! |
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Posts: 16579 (03/16/2009 11:05 PM) Most Mysterious '08 |
there are certain types of work i send home that are both a check on -and expectation for- home involvement.
i don't think many teachers would actually anticipate that home projects, like the one mentioned, are completed 100% solo by the student. lol |
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