Pre-kindergarten

I had the privilege of spending an afternoon at Ensworth Academy and observe the lower school art classes this September. Ensworth is a private K-12 school in the Belle Meade area of Nashville, with campus split amongst two properties. Lower and Middle School reside on one plot of land, while the Upper School is closer to a main road. The afternoon I spent with one of the four art teachers, Ms. Pickle, allowed me insight into how to effectively manage a first grade class with minimal madness.…

system with their own “virtual school bag” (Hedges. 2011), a metaphor for a wealth of prior knowledge they have garnered, through their before school educational experiences. When a multi-generational Australian child is preparing to move up from Kindergarten to Primary School, they will have several months of gentle transitioning, preparing them for this new stage in their life’s journey. They will have spent time, learning how to behave in a socially acceptable manner, be well versed in…

The National Education Association site in general does a good job of bringing together a large variety of informational statistics regarding reading and literacy in the United States. The National Education Association focuses on the tangible aspects of reading and illiteracy in the United States. Each claim is easy to understand and easy to devise an in-home solution to help the individual children to become better readers. Not only is the National Education Association a widely…

My virtual Child - Victor, is six years old now. Comparing his shy nature when he was at age of three, his personality become a somewhat outgoing child. His development of various skills meets with the standard of a preschooler. From his 2 years old to now, his development in different aspects have a great changes. Physical: Victor is not energies boy, he like quiet activities and not interest in sports or exercising. Since he 6 years old, his memory is getting better, he can play…

Childhood development is such an intriguing topic, no two children are the same, so no two children will grow or develop the same making every case different. It amazes me at the similarities and differences in each child, similarities in both boys and girls. In my group setting I saw about 65-75 kids mixed of boys and girls. Within the first fifteen minutes of each class I was able to pick out what students were at the top of the classes, what students were at the bottom of classes, and who was…

Margaret Wente’s globe and mail article on the plight of “today’s children being overly protected from failure that they’ll never be able to handle the stresses of the adult world” is a highly opinionated and suspect take on how “reality will soon bite” (par. 22) a seemingly oblivious and obnoxious generation composed of “snowflake children” (par. 23), due to “overprotective” (par. 7) and “rescuing” (par. 8) parents who are “stuck to them like glue” (par. 16). While Wente does make an…

Your child has started to socialize with other children. This play is sometimes referred to as “loosely organized play.” Associative play helps your pre-schooler learn the do's and don'ts of getting along with others. Associative play teaches the art of sharing, encourages language development, problem-solving skills and cooperation. In associative play, groups of children have similar goals. They do…

most states kindergarten is not mandatory? Unfortunately this is true. Many kids that are of kindergarten age are not required to go to school until 1st grade. If you’re like me, you can see a problem with this. “Early learning is extraordinarily important because we know that the sooner kids start learning, the better their chances of long-term academic success.” (Williams). There is so much learning that needs to take place at this age that when students do not attend kindergarten they fall…

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…

The next child study paragraph is Social/Emotional skills and they include different skills a 3-year-old should be able to complete. When the teacher reads a story and the child or children will attend the story more than 10 minutes and listen and enjoy the story and they're listing and not distracted by other things in the room. For example, while observing the child I have is Charlotte. On February 13th, her teacher, Mrs.Wade was reading a story to the preschoolers. She was listed and not…