To interest your child in reading, you should read aloud to them often. This activity will help your child to understand that the printed words represent the spoken words. By asking the child questions about the story, you can help to build up his comprehension skills. You can also teach him words that rhyme and show him how many of these word's spellings are similar. As you are reading to him, you should point out unknown words and explain their meanings to build up his vocabulary.
Children attend kindergarten to learn to communicate, play, and interact with others appropriately. A teacher provides various materials and activities to motivate these children to learn the language and vocabulary of reading, mathematics, science, and computers, as well as that of music, art, and social behaviors. It is also a place where adults can learn; they observe children and participate with them. It can serve as a laboratory for the study of human relations.
They are usually exposed to their first idea of friendship while they play and interact with other children on a regular basis. Kindergarten may also allow mothers, fathers, or other caregivers to go back to part-time or full-time employment
Objectives:
1 Good health habits & basic skills of personal Adjustments such as dressing themselves, toilet and eating habits
2 To develop a good physique, adequate muscular co-ordination and basic motor skill in child.
3 Guiding the child to express, understand, accept and control his feelings and emotions.
4 good desirable social attitudes, manners and to encourage healthy group.
5 encourage aesthetic appreciation (art, music, beauty, etc.)
6 encourage child’s independence and creativity by providing him sufficient
Opportunities.
Kindergarten - [Ger., =garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be organized constructively. Through the use of songs, stories, games, simple manual materials, and group activities for which the furnishings of a kindergarten are adapted, children develop habits of cooperation and application, and the transition from home to school is thought to be made less formidable.
The four critical stages that indicate if a child is ready for school:
1 Cognitive: Children should be able to identify the different letters of the alphabet (not just sing the ABC song), print their first name, and know their address and telephone number.
2 Social: Children should be able to get along with peers, express their needs, share with others and play well in a group or alone.
3 Emotional: Children should feel comfortable in their new [classroom] environment. They should not display separation anxiety (when the child refuses to separate from the parent) for longer than eight weeks.
4 Physical: Children should be able to perform simple motor skills like buttoning and unbuttoning their clothes and tying their shoes.
To help your child prepare for
kindergarten math, you should make sure that he is familiar with shapes and colors. He should also have the ability to at least count to ten (preferably twenty).
Before children enter kindergarten they should reach the following academic milestones:
* speaks clearly
* recognizes rhyming sounds
* recognizes size and position (big, small, up, down, over, under)
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