Ready to Take on the World - Kindergarten Goals
My 4+ year old will be starting Kindergarten in a few days. I received a bunch of papers to fill out from her soon to be teacher and one of them was a Parent Survey. One of the questions was "List two goals you would like to set for your child this year". It got me thinking about what we really expect from Kindergarten. As the various Schools would list in, Kindergarten Goals include 1. Writing full name 2. Knowing all the colours, letters and numbers. 3. Knowing all letter sounds 4. Knowing the vowels and their sounds 5. Reading the Sight words 6. Writing the sight words 7. Being able to Rhyme 8. Being able to segment words 9. Identifying various Shapes 10. Counting in 2's, 3's, 5's and 10's 11. Simple Addition and Subtraction What I would love to see my little girl accomplish this year is, 1) to make life long friends. you know, when you can say "We've been friends since Kindergarten" kind of friend...