Full Description
In this new addition to the Knowledge Essentials series, Kindergarten Success shows you how to enrich your child's classroom learning and take an active role in your kindergarten's education by exploring:
What your child is learning at school and the educational standards to expect in math, language arts, science, and social studies—as well as the developmental skills expected of your kindergartener
Your child's learning style—visual, auditory, or kinesthetic— and how it affects the way your child learns and processes information
Hundreds of easy-to-do activities designed to help your child meet specific learning requirements
Environmental learning sections that identify learning opportunities in the everyday world
Methods and checklists to assess your child's progress
The developmental and social changes expected of your kindergartener as well as information on how to determine readiness to move up to the first grade
Recommendations of age-appropriate books and software that will enhance learning
Contents
Acknowledgments. Introduction.
1. Getting the Most for Your Kindergartner.
Getting the Most from Your School System.
Getting the Most from Your Homeschool Curriculum.
Using Supplemental Materials.
2. Kindergarten Development.
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development.
Developmental Goals for Five-Year-Olds.
Developmental Goals for Six-Year-Olds.
3. Kindergarten Learning.
Learning Styles.
Cognitive Learning.
4. The Standards.
Types of Learning Standards.
Learning Standards Resources.
5. Kindergarten Reading.
Beginning of Kindergarten Reading Checklist.
Phonemic Awareness.
Comprehension.
Environmental Learning.
End of Kindergarten Reading Checklist.
6. Kindergarten Writing.
Beginning of Kindergarten Writing Checklist.
Writing Readiness.
Mechanics ofWriting.
Grammar.
Environmental Learning.
End of Kindergarten Writing Checklist.
7. Kindergarten Math.
Beginning of Kindergarten Math Checklist.
Number Sense and Patterns.
Geometry and Measurement.
Environmental Learning.
End of Kindergarten Math Checklist.
8. Kindergarten Science.
Beginning of Kindergarten Science Checklist.
Science Processes.
Physical Science.
Life Science.
Earth and Space Science.
Environmental Learning.
End of Kindergarten Science Checklist.
9. Kindergarten Social Studies.
Beginning of Kindergarten Social Studies Checklist.
Holidays.
Neighborhoods and Community Helpers.
Rules and Safety.
Environmental Learning.
End of Kindergarten Social Studies Checklist.
10. Teaching Your Kindergartner Thinking Skills.
Beginning of Kindergarten Thinking Skills Checklist.
Problem Solving.
Concentration.
Comprehension.
Reasoning.
Logic.
Environmental Learning.
End of Kindergarten Thinking Skills Checklist.
11. Assessment.
Assessing Individual Student Abilities and Knowledge.
Measuring and Comparing School, School District, Statewide, and National Performance for Broad Public Accountability.
12. Kindergarten Society.
Tommy, Can you Hear Me?
Teacher's Helper.
Let's Get Physical.
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow.
13. Moving On to First Grade.
Ready to Go.
Anxieties.
Minimizing "Brain Drain".
Appendix A: Literature for Kindergartners.
Appendix B: Software for Kindergartners.
Appendix C: Kindergarten Topical Calendar.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.
