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Originally Posted by steven522
Side note: In our area a child entering Kindergarten should know how to write their name and is expected to be able to recognize numbers and letters but not necessarily be able to do any major counting or to properly recite the alphabet all the way through.
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And what happens if they don't? They get sent back to pre-K or preschool? The parents get a stern talking to?
Another way I used to like to engage my child in the reading process: at night when we were going to read a book, I would choose three books (from the pool of picture books that we read over and over again) and ask her to tell me the "theme" or what the three books had in common. Examples: all featuring a princess, all books about the subway (yes that was an actual theme, we have a bunch!), all the same size covers, all books with black and white art, etc. When you know the books very well, you can do more subtle themes too. Then she gets to choose which of the three books we read. (I actually started this because I got sick of her choosing the exact same book every night! So I wanted to mix it up but still give her a choice!) Anyway, my daughter enjoyed this.
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