...join was the kindergarten. Kindergarten is an informal program for children where they are taught basic and social skills. The...
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...you want to be when you grow up?” If I was told in the beginning of my teaching journey that I personally would make it this far and accomplish the dreams I always desired to, I would call you impractical. Growing up I knew what I aimed to be in the future: I aspired to be a teacher. In high school, I received the opportunity to be in two classes that would help me live my future before it came; teaching may take a while, however the lessons learned along the way, and the outcome, is so worth the wait. Becoming a teacher comes with obstacles, lessons, tests, etc., therefore, going into teaching one needs to know what teaching is, how to get there, and what comes...
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...EE3: Kindergarten Redshirting - A process where children are held back from kindergarten to help to build more social, emotional and, intellectual skills. High-Stakes Testing in Kindergarten – A test build up on information children have learned to see what they know. Can have certain consequences if not passed or meet a certain level. Kindergarten entrance age - The set age at which kids enter kindergarten. Normally five but, for redshirted kids it can be sometimes six. Questions: 1. What are your thoughts on each issue? 2. What are the local policies and/or philosophy at your observation site/school? 3. Discuss this information with your HOSTS coordinator or other professional at your observations site. What are their thoughts on these issues? My Answers: 1. Redshirting I feel is only needed in some cases. Like for example if the child is having difficultly in school or with making friends within the classroom. If the social skills of a child aren’t developing as it should I could understand why that would be necessary but for children that have fine socials I don’t think it is needed. High-Stakes testing in Kindergarten seems a bit much for me to understand. I do think it is important to see and get a feel for how your students are progressing but I feel like a teacher can do that without a test in kindergarten. I feel it is their job as a teacher to know each child well enough to know where they stand. If children are to young to understand the consequences...
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...All I Really Need to Know I learned in Kindergarten Submitted by: Emman Bryll U. Nepacena Human Behavior in Organizations Teacher Rina Madrid-Basco June 19, 2015 I’ll start off with one of the most cliché sayings, that life is like a roller coaster, it goes up and down, always twisted, and lots of loops. We have numerous problems and challenges that we have to encounter in our everyday lives. With all these challenges I wonder what is the meaning of our existence here in our society. Because of this I oftentimes I question why am I even here. I ask myself on how to act right, I wonder how could I overcome these problems and challenges, I wonder what my purpose is. I wonder what my mission here in the society and I wonder how to achieve happiness and success. I often contemplate these questions every night partly because I’m always stressed and lonely. I somewhat realized by reading the article that the most simple answer to these questions had been already taught to us in our preparatory years. Did something wrong to someone? Act like a kindergarten and say you’re sorry. Planning to do something bad? Play fair, don’t hit people, and don’t take things that aren’t yours. Do you have personal problems? Clean up your own mess. Everything I need to know can be answered by the variations of the 16 things we learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum. We have been taught to be kind to other people, always to good and never evil, think twice before doing something, being healthy...
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...All I ever needed to know, I learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand box at nursery school. These are the things I learned. Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you are sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw some and paint and sing and dance and play and work everyday. Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out in the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic cup? The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why. We are like that. And then remember that book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all: LOOK! Everything you need to know is there somewhere: The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation, ecology, and politics and the sane living. Think of what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put things...
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... Since I began a career in teaching I have always focused on creating innovative lesson plans and assessment methods geared toward the various student learning styles. This facilitates a plethora of learning opportunities that afford students the ability to develop areas in which they may have difficulty. In order to help my students learn from their mistakes I vigorously record data to ensure I have relevant and objective information to share while giving feedback. When my students successfully complete my assessment tasks it substantiates my belief that finding balance in the utilization of different assessments is crucial. According to the Educational Leadership article, “the goal of a balanced system is to ensure all assessment users have access to the data they want when they need it, which is an effective use of multiple measures.” (Kim, Lambert, and Burts, 2013) As a primary teacher, it is imperative that I consistently incorporate assessments that are not only developmentally appropriate for my kindergarten students but also personally relevant. “Appropriate assessment is an integral and important component of high-quality early care and education programs. Scientifically informed assessment measures are needed to ensure that all children, regardless of disabilities, culture, or language, are assessed equitably.” (Lambert, 2013) It is essential for me as a teacher to build rapport and develop trusting relationships with my students so I can make adjustments...
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...Them Play By Jane Ching Fung ”What is 'Choice Time?,'" she demanded. "Students don’t have time to play." My heart sank when I heard these words coming from the mouth of a district administrator. Everyone on our kindergarten team had included "Choice" minutes in her daily schedule. Choice was a time for students to engage in centers and activities that were not teacher directed, assigned, or graded but intentionally designed to be open-ended, student driven, and to promote unstructured interactions among the children. Dare I say that "Choice" was time set aside for our young students to play? Since when did the word "play" become outlawed in kindergarten? I remember a time when kindergarten classrooms were stocked with wooden blocks, paint, and dramatic-play corners complete with costuming, furniture, appliances, and play food. Not so long ago, there was a period during the day when we encouraged kindergarten students to freely explore, create, and interact with the materials and people around them. On the surface, children may appear to be only "having fun" during this unstructured time, but take a closer look and you’ll discover what I know: Play is so much more than idle entertainment. Play, including the ability to make your own choices, helps children develop and use essential social-emotional and academic-learning skills. Through play, I have seen my students develop social, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities in a safe, risk-free environment. Has our...
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...about the new state-mandated, textbook-based curriculum for kindergarten, also looking for other information I found that attendance is not required. I am trying to figure out why kindergarten attendance is not required. When as a parents knowing children are needing to learn from an early age such as five years old. Oregon has the age set at 5 years old, they have to be 5 years old by September 1 or before. Also with some of the standers being raised is that going to cause issues with our children being able to learn at their own pace as we did when we were growing up. Yes things have changed through the years such as standers, also what is used to teach children. Even with new technology that is being used, it is not working for all children. Are you going to be teaching the children by mandated curriculum or developmentally appropriate practices? How you know how the mandated curriculum going to affect the children, teachers and most of all the school. If you are going to be using mandated curriculum is there a reason why you are choosing mandated curriculum. Can you tell me pros along with cons in between mandated curriculum and (DAP)? I am asking these question’s due to the fact I have been looking into Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP). Along with looking into mandated curriculum trying to see the differences between them and wanting to understand why the standers are set in the way they are. While I know these standers are set to meet the needs of the children...
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...back when I had trouble speaking. Stranger still was the fact that my parents actually understood what I was saying. Not to mention I was not born as a single child but as a twin. My brother Ryan as you will come to know throughout the story is two minutes older than me. Studies show that twins are more likely to have a speech and language delay than a single child. Males usually having a greater delay than females, for it is true to our story. Here is the obstacle that I have experienced and now have overcome. My parents put my brother and me into speech therapy at age four as recommended by the preschool at which I had attended. The preschool told my parents that we qualified for speech therapy and thought it would be best for...
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...These articles focus on younger children around the kindergarten age. Play is emphasized as a very important part of kindergarten because it helps children learn skills such as multitasking, chronological awareness, self control, and self-regulation. Negative long-term affects can occur with the lack of play, so as teachers we have to make sure and incorporate it into our curriculum. Keywords: kindergarten, play, multitasking, chronological awareness, self-control, self regulation Reflection Both author’s touched on play in the classroom and its importance. Hanes defines play as “when children are using something they’ve learned, to try it out and see how it works, to use it in new ways—it’s problem solving and enjoying the satisfaction of problems solved” (Hanes, 2012, p.145). So, it is up to teachers to incorporate play in the curriculum so the children can better understand and learn each concept in each lesson. Levy talked about ten ways schools can stop failing kids in the early years of school, but to me the most important are ensuring time to learn through play and time to play for fun, and developing a kindergarten curriculum that meets the developmental and social/emotional needs of 5-year-old learners. “Kids learn by doing, manipulating, and playing” (Levy, 2014, p. 131). I think that it’s pretty obvious after reading that information that play would have to be a part of the curriculum, if not multiple parts. I feel like play can be incorporated into any lesson...
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...Kindergarten Graduation Program Song – “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up” I don’t wanna grow up I’m a Primrose kid I’ve learned so many things at school that I can grow with Like reading books and making friends At the best school that there is And if you ask me when I’m grown I’ll say… I’ll always be a Primrose kid – Oh Yeah! (repeat whole song once) Awards Katie Award (sharing and caring) Ally Award (imagination) Libby Award (listening) Arturo Award (Spanish) Spanish Song and Translation – “Te amo Kindergarten” Awards Megy Award (computers) Erwin Award (art) Peanut Award (writing and spelling) Billy Award (music) Music Notation Song (tune of Mary Had A Little Lamb) – front row hold music notes, back row tap sticks Billy has 4 quarter notes, quarter notes, quarter notes Billy has 4 quarter notes, their beat goes just like this – 1,2 1,2 Billy has 8 eighth notes, eighth notes, eighth notes Billy has 8 eighth notes, their beat goes just like this – 1and 2and 1and 2and Billy has 2 half notes, half notes, half notes Billy has 2 half notes, their beat goes just like this 1….2 1……2 Awards Og Award (reading) Benjamin Award (science) Molly Award (math) Percy Award (leadership) Poem – K is for Kindergarten (back row will hold up letters) K is for Kindergarten – hip, hip, hooray I is for imagination we use everday N is for numbers – we know one, two, three D is for drawing the best you can see E is for exercise to...
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...of the school. I always wondered what was behind that door when my mom would drop my sister off, luckily I knew my turn was coming next year and I would be one of the kids playing out front waiting for the bell to ring and then I would be able to walk through that door. What was behind that door was even more than a magical feeling. When you walked in jut to the left were the cubbies. Not just any cubbies, my cubby where I would hang my coat and put my bag every day. As you walked further into the room it opened up into a bright, sunny, fun room with a carpet in the right hand corner and these things called ABC’s up on the wall, along with crafts in the back of the room that we would soon work on once a week. But the most amazing part of my kindergarten experience stood right there in the middle of the room, Mrs.Zigler herself. She is the one that taught me how to read and to write. My earliest memory of learning to read and write would defiantly have to kindergarten, the best grade ever. I think kindergarten has a lot to do with who I'm as writer and the things I like to pick up and read. My kindergarten experience can be broken down into three different categories; reading time, activities, and Mrs.Zigler. Because of my reading and writing experience in kindergarten I really enjoy science, babysitting, and soccer. Reading time was such a blast! All the way from story time and the moms coming into read with us all the way to the hallway testing (yes I actually enjoyed...
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...On the September 18, 2014, I visited Windy Hills Elementary School in Kearney, Nebraska. Visiting Windy Hills was a wonderful experience. Upon taking the first step in the doors of the school, I felt welcomed. The bright colors and smiling faces of the staff made the environment feel warm. During my visit, I had the opportunity to observe a speech pathologist at work. I also observed a kindergarten class. It was very interesting witnessing a teacher with a classroom of kids and also a student having one on one time with a speech pathologist. Seeing different teaching strategies combined with some of the moral dimensions gave me a new outlook on the definition of what a teacher really is. Classroom Management The organization of the classroom...
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...preschool. I believe that all parents need to know how beneficial it can be for their kids. Preschool prepares children for kindergarten, they are more structured and it builds their self esteem. Studies have shown that preschool effects children throughout their lives. According to the National Institute for Early Education Research, the amount of children that attend preschool has more than doubled in the past several years. In 2002, only 14% of four year olds were enrolled in a preschool. In 2016, that percentage escalated to 32%. A total of 1.5 million children were enrolled in preschool last year. However, that is still 68% of four year olds that are not getting the advantage that the other 32% are. Some people are beginning to understand how valuable preschool is, but still not enough. Children are taught discipline and structure in preschool. Their teachers...
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...sure there are plenty more . The point is that I enjoy working with kids , and I love children . My desire is to make learning fun , comfortable , also a positive learning experience at the same time . Growing up I would always work vacation bible schools , be camp counselors and worked Sunday school for kindergarten every Sunday , so early on in life I...
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