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Transition To School: Developing A Play Kit To Acquire Literacy In Kindergarten

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Themes emerging from interviews
Expectations of program Strengthen areas in which I am weakI don't know how to translate them into operational activities, to connect between term and activity, what is right and what is not.I feel a sense of mission toward the population I work withKindergarten for them is a place of learning and growth correct, I don't have a measure to supervise and track what children do.
Attitudes toward kindergartens' role in transition to First Grade It is also important to me that children get the infrastructure they need for every area in preparation for transition to First Grade, in cognitive, emotional, social and motor areas.He will find his direction if I give him the correct tools to deal with circumstances in life.
Attitudes toward the nature of the transition It is extremely important that kindergarten teachers at preschool prepare children for First Grade and the transition because it is more difficult than kindergarten.The kindergarten framework is smaller, more inclusive, the school framework both physically, the building is larger, sometimes threatening, children have to sit at a table for long hours.They have no choice between activities like at kindergarten - yard, dolls, construction, drawing. Demands of them are different and sometimes are likely to frustrate them.
Partners It disturbed his mother a lot, she worried and more than once turned to me and said, "what will happen to my childI also told my inspector, that the area of literacy and phonological awareness is an area in which I am not well-versed.
Nature of emotional readiness I think that when a child arrives emotionally ready for First Grade, and doesn't lack confidence, one can get the most from him or her. More than once, he was served by copying his friends, he learned at his own speed. I want to create from emotions if he feels confident at kindergarten, if, in my opinion, he likes coming to kindergarten.
Nature of cognitive readiness There are parents who are very competitive and achievement driven, many. Learning is important to them, and these are the questions they ask me at the beginning of the year: "What will they learn? You will get them ready for Year? Will they know the letters of the alphabet? Will they know numbers?" That it is important for children to learn at kindergarten, but the process is important so that they acquire additional tools.
Means of implementation Additionally, I used yoga with the children, relaxation, and through relaxation, children release their bodies and after that they talk about what they felt, for example after a trip, about their experiences. I helped her say the words. I wanted to teach her how to speak in such circumstances. I taught her new language and when to express emotions such as saying, 'I'm cross'. It helps the environment understand her and thus helps her.
Image of kindergarten graduate Maturity divided into emotional, social, cognitive and motor areas, and in fact these four areas are those that will lead a child to optimal absorption in school.On the cognitive side - I would expect a child to be capable of knowledge in several areas - language, literacy, math, knowledge, sound language, all aspects of language - singular, plural, there is a mother tongue and literacy language, which in fact is all, we as educators, our role is to promote, nurture in children. Through literacy, everything is introduced, literature, poetry, nature, music, arts, all core curricula can be introduced through the subject of...literacy.
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