Well, actually, it's probably your professional opinion, too. The personal is added into the professional, I'd guess. It makes it so much more significant, though, when there's a personal interest. We'd probably be better off in education if we looked at every educational practice through the eyes of the families and the children.
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:22 AM, Ambrose, Kathleen <[email protected]>wrote: > I think the change in the kindergarten curriculum is too advanced, in my > humble opinion. Gone are the days of learning through play and rest/nap time > after lunch. Developmentally, I think it is too much. We are requiring our > children to become more academic too early and in my opinion that is not a > benefit. I specifically chose a kindergarten in a private school for my own > children-- private school offered "centers" approach, public school has > reading/math groups, both programs were full day but the private school > offered a rest time for children in the afternoon, and when I inquired about > rest time in the public school I was advised that "we just don't do that > here". I fail to understand why it is so important for children to do test > prep on the Kindergarten level. Again, this is my own personal opinion. > > Kathleen Ambrose > Reading Specialist > Hampton Bays Middle School > ________________________________________ > From: > [email protected][mosaic-bounces+kambrose= > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] [ > [email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 7:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Kindergarten entrance age > > My child is in kindergarten and just turned four and it was a really hard > adjustment for her. The first two months it was really hard. All of a sudden > though she loves it. She is doing really well in every area except fine > motor. I was held back for the same fine motor stuff. It was a disaster for > me when I was in 5th grade to be a year older than everyone else. I didn't > want her to go through what I did. I still am not sure I made the right > choice. She is with gigantic 6 year olds. Most private schools require you > be a year older and developmentally it makes sense unless you are the > oldest. We will have to wait and see. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bigstuffs3 <[email protected]> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group < > [email protected]> > Sent: Sun, Nov 7, 2010 4:48 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Kindergarten entrance age > > > My district did the same thing, but this is only the first (I think...maybe > 2nd) > year since, so no real info yet. > Michele S. > > > _______________________________ > rom: Patrice Dimare <[email protected]> > o: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > [email protected]> > ent: Sun, November 7, 2010 1:08:51 PM > ubject: [MOSAIC] Kindergarten entrance age > Our district is pondering changing the kindergarten entrance age. Currently > we > ave an increasing amount of four year olds. Looking for any research, ideas > hat speak to whether changing the kindergarten entrance age impacts > learning > ate, retention or special education referrals going forward. > hanks for any advice/ideas! > _______________________________________________ > osaic mailing list > [email protected] > o unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > ttp://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > ______________________________________________ > osaic mailing list > [email protected] > o unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > ttp://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > -- "There is nothing so unequal as equal treatment of unequals." Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
