Pre-kindergarten

I have always been a great admirer of the German education system. I am more familiar with the school system in my home country (Togo) than the one in America. Togo is a French colony and they follow the same education system as France. Kindergarten or pre-school registers pupils from age 2 to age 6, and prepare them for entry into primary school. Every pupil must pass through this stage regardless of your age. Primary or elementary school take students aged 6 to 11. It’s a six years long of…

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…

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…

their natural interests and activities rather than using formal teaching methods. Its a program that begun in 1907 in Italy, but now has 20,000 schools world wide. My role for the week was being a teacher along side two others, for a class of about 25 pre-school student and assisting the with their learning and practical life activities. The First Day: On my first day I was welcomed by the centres principle (Jackie) who then guided me towards the room that I’d be teaching children in for the…

Background: Tara Noel is 3 years 7 months old. She was born on April 1st, 2013, and is the only child in her home. She lives with both parents. Since Tara Noel was 2 months old, she has gone to a home daycare in her neighborhood. She is receiving speech/language services and occupational services at the local public school. A speech evaluation was recommended by Tara Noel’s doctor at a wellness visit because he was concerned with her lack of common/typical vocabulary. She was recommended to…

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To what extent does the electoral district of Albert Park require additional government primary schools to be developed? Albert Park is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Australia. It covers the inner-city suburbs of South Melbourne, Albert Park, Middle Park, Port Melbourne and St Kilda, (ABC.net.au, 2010). The volume of enrolments to attend government primary schools within the electorate increased significantly over the 5 year period between 2006 and 2011, with this…

enrolled in high-quality ECE programs showed a dramatic in intellectual and language learning skills. It has been shown that these are two specific areas that predict readiness for kindergarten. The benefits of preschool are particulary important for chidren who come from low-income families. These children tend to start kindergarten up to a year behind their peers and struggle with reading and language skills. This struggle will manifest itself throught the child’s entire school…

Successful kindergarten transition means adjusting to a whole new structured environment on top of a more academically rigorous curriculum. A number of teachers reported that at least half of their children had trouble in the first few months of kindergarten in a number of different areas (Robinson & Diamond, 2014). Kindergarten readiness has changed since the national push for public prekindergarten programs throughout the nation (Hatcher, Nuner & Paulsel, 2012). There is a now a greater push…

It is five in the morning, and John parents are once again, moving around the house organizing the items around the house. Once again, it is time to move again. At the age of six, it was john’s third move, the third different state he would reluctantly have to grow up in. Moreover, this was the fifth friend that I would not be able to play flag football with, due to another military move due to my friend’s mom or dad receiving order to transfer to another state. As we pretended to stay asleep we…