TK is the new joy in California Education! My class has those children that are going to be 5 between September 1 and November 30. These children are ready for school, but in the past, school has expected too much from them! I now can teach them what is developmentally appropriate for their age group.
What does this mean for my child?
All children will learn their colors, shapes, alphabet and letter sounds, simple rhymes, numbers to 20 and how to write. This will mainly be accomplished through a Language Arts program of classic stories called Happily Ever After by the Rowland Reading Foundation, a writing program called Handwriting without Tears and a Math program called My Math. This learning is done at a slow, but steady, pace using many hands-on activities along with the formal programs.
What else can I expect for my child?
Along with the formal programs and academics, we also sing, dance, play games, learn to play and share with others, learn to follow classroom and school rules, learn what it means to be in Kindergarten, learn the routines of our classroom and what it means to be a student. We use ipads, Chromebooks, projection cameras and other technology to enhance and add to our learning.
What does this mean for my child?
All children will learn their colors, shapes, alphabet and letter sounds, simple rhymes, numbers to 20 and how to write. This will mainly be accomplished through a Language Arts program of classic stories called Happily Ever After by the Rowland Reading Foundation, a writing program called Handwriting without Tears and a Math program called My Math. This learning is done at a slow, but steady, pace using many hands-on activities along with the formal programs.
What else can I expect for my child?
Along with the formal programs and academics, we also sing, dance, play games, learn to play and share with others, learn to follow classroom and school rules, learn what it means to be in Kindergarten, learn the routines of our classroom and what it means to be a student. We use ipads, Chromebooks, projection cameras and other technology to enhance and add to our learning.