Image: Clearly Ambiguous A friend’s four year old has recently started kindergarten, as have so many others. This little girl is quite shy and anxious and my friend was concerned that she would find it difficult to settle in even though she had previously attended child care (where she experienced ongoing settling issues). The teachers […]
School Readiness: It’s not about reading and writing
Image: Robert S Donovan Last week I shared the responses of Australian kindergarten teachers when asked about school readiness (in preparation for the year before Grade One). Today I would like to share some thoughts and ideas about the need for school readiness to focus on five important areas of development, and believe it or […]
School Readiness: What the teachers say!
Photo: Striatic I read around the blogosphere and Twitterverse that lots of four and five year old children are currently enjoying orientation prior to starting kindergarten/pre-primary/prep in 2010. In my role as Child Care Centre Director, I talked to parents extensively about what ‘school readiness’ should really involve. It is not about them knowing how […]
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