Monday, October 1, 2007
Blog #5 What Kindergarteners Should Know...
After reading the article about what kindergarteners should know and the standards that were set for them, I was a little shocked that it had not been not earlier. I still think there is so much curriculum thrown at children today, and it is getting much harder on the teachers as well as the students to keep up. I feel that when they are worrying so much about the content standards in the classrooms, that majority of educators lose sight of the fact that learning should be fun for children and should be enjoyable. I think that in our society today so much pressure is put on kids to do all the standardized testing and so forth. However, the fact that they have a teachers guide is great, because it allows teachers a variety of ways to teach all the material that they must for a student to continue on to the first grade. Overall though, I always wondering how much is too much for kindergarteners to know?
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I understand that you think the standards are expecting too much of children, but children are starting kindergarten knowing more. Most students today go to preschool and start off knowing their alphabet. Students' knowledge has changed since we have been in elementary. I think parents are working more and more with their children. I also believe teachers are overwhelmed with standards but a teacher can go above and beyond to make the lessons fun and still incorporate the curriculum and standards.
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