Kindergarten

Night creeps on the dimly lit boarding school here in Pottstown, and bulbs flick off in certain rooms when the short-hand ticks to eleven. It’s mandatory bedtime and a time to reverse some effects of sleep deprivation, but most slip into technically ‘dreamless’ nights: maybe a dream or two that probe into the unkempt field of subconsciousness, perhaps a jolting plot of horror that startles their deepest fears. But when the pseudo-liveliness fueled by caffeine sinks away and globs of stars under…

me want to be a teacher even more. I know that teachers don’t make a whole lot for money but I don’t think that’s a good enough reason to change what you want to do. The average amount that an elementary teacher will make in a year is $53,090. Kindergarten…

that don’t. Toddlers should be allowed to use technology because using technology can benefit them in the growth of their brain, learning the skills to problem solve, and technology is expected to already be exposed to the toddler when they get to kindergarten. Technology can benefit…

In Shirley Jackson's story.”Charles” The parents send their kid Laurie off to his first day of school. laurie comes back with stories of a poorly behaved kid named Charles, who is really Laurie. One lesson the story suggests is that parents shouldn't believe everything they hear from their children. From the beginning you could tell laurie was acting carelessly. The author explains how loud and obnoxious Laurie walks in” The front door slamming open, his cap on the floor. And the voice suddenly…

Who is narrating the short story Charles? The narrator of the story is Laurie’s Mother. 2. According to the narrator, how did Laurie change when he started kindergarten? He began wearing blue jeans, and had swagger. He also forgot to wave goodbye to his mom. He became more mature. 3. When was Charles first mentioned in Laurie’s home? Explain what he had done? He was first mentioned the after lunch on the first day of school. Charles and been “fresh” to the teacher. 4. Explain how Charles…

In the article, Ready to Teach, but Kids Just Want to Play, the author recounts her first day as a kindergartner teacher. The author talks about her excitement and preparing for her first day of class with lesson plans, mini books, and dry erase boards. However, instead of children being excited to learn, the children were not interested in learning until she changed her teaching approach and incorporated play into all areas of her teaching. The author states that once she changed her method…

have a struggled past, but that is what brings them together to become Freak the Mighty. Their are some similarities and differences I will tell you in the next paragraphs. In the book Freak the Mighty, Max says he remembers Freak in preschool or kindergarten and Freak acted like a robot. Second in the book Max said, “Freak was 2 inches tall.” Third in the book Blade and his friends sang Killer Kane had a son who got know brain in the classroom. Fourth Freak said he had soap, vinegar,…

It stated in the chapter that in order to prevent escalated violence is that “creating a supportive school community is more important than ever”. Although the teacher I am observing is the only transitional kindergarten teacher at the school, the other kindergarten teachers have created a community with each other. For example when one of the teachers needs help or advise. For example there was an incident that occurred on a day that I was not there but my cooperating teacher told…

fully understand a word, one must know the pronunciation, the connotative and denotative definitions, how it can be used in different contexts, and its semantic relationship with other words. I have had the opportunity to watch this unfold in a kindergarten classroom once. In the middle of the…

Kindergarten is still a time when children are developing their cognitive, affective, and physical domains. Educators should nurture this process by developing them into lifelong learners. Developmentally Appropriate Practice is a framework of principles and guidelines for best practices for the nurturing of a child's affective, physical, and cognitive development. According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Developmentally Appropriate Practice intentionally…