Did you go to kindergarten? What do you remember the best?
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Yes I attended Kindergarden....I remember going to the dentist  and while we were heading back to the school, my grandma told me she'd be there, but she came earlier that day and I found out she left me. I was very sad and I went to the babysitters who I DREADED!!
307287
defo cabbage patch kids i loved em lol god kid years lol \ni remember the garbage pale stickers too lol
1034112
None.  I had a classmate in law school who was in her 50s.  She had been a kindergarten teacher for 20+ years before that. One of her former students was in the group of law students a year behind us!
994022
Oh wow yeah I remember it! I really didn't want to go. My dad took me on my first day and I cried all the way there. When we got to the classroom I had a temper tantrum and pulled at my dress and some buttons came off so dad had to take me back home to change. I calmed down a bit when we got back to school. Then I was sat playing quietly in the afternoon with some building bricks and this boy kicked them over so I punched him! We ended up as really good friends after that though and 29 yrs on we still keep in touch!
213889
i skipped a grade ( 6th) so when i was up to graduation, i was the youngest in my grade by about 7 months. Not fun, but when the youngest kid is the smartest kid, everyone forgets age  :-)
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kindergarten through 12th grade.
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my favorite childhood memory\n well not just one but many i have and they all revolved around my grandfather.\n he always had an ear to hear my thoughts and always had a smile.\nhe is my greatest childhood memory!
747092
The most important thing for a child in kindergarten is social skills. Once they have the concept of sharing, being kind, listening and not talking when someone else is, then you can work on the academics like letters, numbers and reading. Most kids starting kindergarten can't read, but should know how to read and print their own name. Knowing the alphabet and recognizing the letters and the sounds they make will give your child a head start.\n\nDon't stress out about this too much. ALL kids in kindergarten and grade 1 are at different levels. They will level out eventually!
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Memory is linked to emotional/personal value (think about your clearest memories...usually there's intense sensory or emotional stuff going along with it). Depending on what you want the student to remember, bringing in music, dance, games such as hand clapping patterns, etc. all can help tremendously. Repetition is a big key, too, for fact recall, so drill, drill, drill!
1048989
Pictures of my girls with their dresses behind glass.  Let me explain.  I had saved the dresses that both of my daughter's wore on the first day of school.  One christmas, my sister gave me these two huge gifts.  I opened them up and there was two big frames with my daughter's kindergarten school pictures behind glass along with the dresses that they wore on the first day of school, they are also wearing the same dresses in the pictures, plus there was also a little picture that each of them had drawn.  My daughters are now in their 20's so you can only imagine how much I love that gift, I couldn't stop crying.
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The pre-school that I was fortunate enough to have been a part of in Minneapolis, MN did.\n\nThe Lead Teacher and myself (Assistant Teacher), took the time to make sure our children practiced etiquette/ethics frequently.  You would be surprised how impressionable and teachable children are on these two subjects at this age.\n\nIt worked excellent!!
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Hi, I was an early childhood major so hopefully I can help you out.  Kindergarten is becoming increasingly academic.  Working with him is a great idea!  However, preschoolers were not made to sit down and do worksheets.  Try to play some active learning games with him, that engage him and make him think.  Read, read, read!  Read to him everyday.  Try to ask him a lot of open-ended questions.  Preschoolers need to discover for themselves (with close supervision).  If he wants to know where mud comes from, make it.  You can also practice writing letters with him in the sand, by cutting letters out of magazines, using seeds and glue...anything you can think of.  Worksheets are good in some cases but there are a lot more things you can do that are more "developmentally appropriate".  I have included two links in the resource section that you should visit.  These are excellent and free publications from the United States Department of Education based upon years and years of research that would be perfect for you to read.\n\nHope that helped!
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I started kindergaden at 4, and walked home a few times alone. I was in first grade twice, and at age 6 it was a long walk home. about 12 blocks in a suburb of Chicago. By 2nd grade, 3 blocks to school was easy and normal. But there were bullies that stole my lunch. And all kinds of things can happen in 3 blocks. I wouldn't trade those memories of walking to school for anything. I became a safety patrol in 5th grade, safety captain in 6th grade. And on bicycles, me and my friends ruled the streets! The video game was at the boweling ally, a pingpong then the lunar lander, both black & white. Age 7 is the earliest I would recomend, but when both parents work and have an infant to care for at home, walking just has to be for a young school kid. My sister was a year younger, she walked too. But not with me most of the time. We did get rides to school alot, but always had to walk home.
171256
Yeah - Winnie the Pooh Rainbow School. I remember things about it, still. Helping with cheese and crackers, nap time, and using a marble to paint on a tray.
797598
i teach pre k in a Christian school. i had invited the other classes to come over to my room for something and when it was over i leaned over to pick up a pile of carpet squares. in front of a parent volunteer and 2 other teachers and about 30 4 and 5 year olds my pants ripped up the seam - i mean, the whole thing. i guess they were just washed one too many times. the worst part is i had on bright red thong underwear. \n\noen of my proudest moments there....i wanted to just crawl in a whole and hide. \n\nand then, i had to stand up and walk backwards across the room and figure out a way to get a change of clothes! \n\nit was a nightmare!
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The Saxon math books were the best that I ever used. Doing 1/2 of a book ended up being the equivalent of 2 years in public schools. They are excellent in reinforcing what has already been learned so you don't forget it a day later!\n\nThe only way I was able to learn grammar was to teach it. If you have the older kids help the younger ones, they will end up learning and remembering far more since they have to apply their knowledge.\n\nReading the right books can teach them more than any multiple choice quiz they have to study for.\n\nDo not let them get away with skipping parts of exercises that they do not want to do and you do not want to grade anyway!\n\nGive the youngest ones learning activities at the same time so they feel like they are part of it and get into the habit of school time for when it is their turn. They will absorb more than you know of what they hear you teaching the older ones. My youngest brother can already read 2nd grade material and he is in kindergarten. But this is because he was allowed to actively participate in the learning activities.\n\nDo not try to teach them when they are hungry or tired!!!\n\nPerhaps most of all, do not underestimate your children. When they are being difficult or having a hard time grasping a concept, there is usually an underlying cause that has nothing to do with the subject matter.
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Actually, I remember things best if I can verbalize them.  I am pretty good at remembering things regardless if I hear them or see them, but when I actually repeat it outloud I usually remember it much more.  I guess that's why when I was a student I always had my hand in the air!