Kindergarten

If I were hired as an educational consultant to the president of the United States and had to propose things concerning preschool education, not many things would be different than it is for grade school. Like primary and secondary school, I feel like it is essential for preschoolers to be receiving some sort of education based learning in a classroom environment. This type of education will prepare young children for what lies ahead of them in grade school and up. As an educational consultant…

Positive and negative childhood memories On November 5, 1996 I was born in Punjab, which is located on the rich side of India. My parents were very excited and happy to have a baby girl as their first child. My dad told our relatives that “ I am very lucky to have a baby girl in my house” and he gifted everyone with a box of Indian sweets. Once I was released from the hospital and we all went to the Sikh temple to get an alphabet letter out of the bible which would be the first letter of…

Background: Ms. Benalcazar contacted the Lawrence Public School District Early Childhood Division with a referral concerning her twin sons (Asher and Benjamin); although she was concerned about both boys, her main concern centered on Benjamin. Ms. Benalcazar was concerned about both Asher and Benjamin Benalcazar-Gioroux performance at preschool. Both boys have attended Hilltop Preschool on the University of Kansas campus on a daily basis. According to the mother, last year, Hilltop made a…

Situation analysis Centre • Type of service The centre is part of business childcare services and it is privately owned and operated by Franchisees. Each franchisees have access to the management team who contribute to the values and philosophy of the business, and the operations team that supports all operational and procedural aspects of the business, such as recruitment and retention of staff and providing opportunities for ongoing training and development. •…

The main issue being a child’s school readiness as they enter kindergarten or first grade. Lee and Burkman (2002) found that most American students who start school significantly behind their peers can never close the readiness gap and it instead widens over time. They also state that school readiness has been shown to…

When children enter into this program they become, with time and lessons, able to work with others which opens a channel of communication. This allows them to grow mentally and socially. According to Mashburn what children experience in a pre – kindergarten program can take on a major role in the remainder of their educational developments, breaking personal barriers in verbal techniques, maximizing how much knowledge they know & can retain, and finally molding socio-emotional capabilities…

Public education in the southeastern United States faces a variety of issues as it winds down the first quarter of the 21st century. No issue is perhaps more daunting than the decreasing levels of state funding provided to public education over the last several years. This trend is highly prevalent in the southeast and shows no signs of turning course. Per the U.S. Census Bureau, from 2008-2014, the level of state funding in K-12 public education decreased 5.37% in all eleven southeastern…

the tallest in height at approximately 48 inches tall. Her body build is slim and her arms and legs are long. H. has long, wavy light brown hair that reaches to her mid-back in length. She also has big brown eyes. Next year, H. will be heading to Kindergarten since she currently is a second year preschooler.…

This report is done as an assignment for the practicum field experiences that need to be completed as part of coursework for Cognitive Assessment and Intervention, which is part of the School Psychology Graduate Professional Diploma Program. Background: Rachel is a nine years one-month-old Hispanic female, who voluntarily and with the written consent of her parents agreed to be evaluated by a school psychology candidate enrolled in Cognitive Assessment and Intervention course at New Jersey City…

Is there really a lot I can recall about my kindergarten experience? Not really. As unfortunate as that may sound I like to think of that as a blessing rather than a curse. My memories of being 5 and 6 years old are not bad, to be honest they are quite exemplary. In fact I would go so far as to say that my formative educational years were the best years of my life. So why am I glad to forget? I suppose I have just came to terms with accepting the inevitable loss of memory, and how those memories…