Kindergarten Success: Everything You Need to Know to Help Your Child Learn

Introduction.

1. Getting the Most for Your Kindergartner.

Getting the Most from Your School System.

Getting the Most from Your Homeschool Curriculum.

Using Supplemental Materials.

2. Kindergarten Development.

Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development.

Developmental Goals for Five-Year-Olds.

Developmental Goals for Six-Year-Olds.

3. Kindergarten Learning.

Learning Styles.

Cognitive Learning.

4. The Standards.

Types of Learning Standards.

Learning Standards Resources.

5. Kindergarten Reading.

Beginning of Kindergarten Reading Checklist.

Phonemic Awareness.

Comprehension.

Environmental Learning.

End of Kindergarten Reading Checklist.

6. Kindergarten Writing.

Beginning of Kindergarten Writing Checklist.

Writing Readiness.

Mechanics ofWriting.

Grammar.

Environmental Learning.

End of Kindergarten Writing Checklist.

7. Kindergarten Math.

Beginning of Kindergarten Math Checklist.

Number Sense and Patterns.

Geometry and Measurement.

Environmental Learning.

End of Kindergarten Math Checklist.

8. Kindergarten Science.

Beginning of Kindergarten Science Checklist.

Science Processes.

Physical Science.

Life Science.

Earth and Space Science.

Environmental Learning.

End of Kindergarten Science Checklist.

9. Kindergarten Social Studies.

Beginning of Kindergarten Social Studies Checklist.

Holidays.

Neighborhoods and Community Helpers.

Rules and Safety.

Environmental Learning.

End of Kindergarten Social Studies Checklist.

10. Teaching Your Kindergartner Thinking Skills.

Beginning of Kindergarten Thinking Skills Checklist.

Problem Solving.

Concentration.

Comprehension.

Reasoning.

Logic.

Environmental Learning.

End of Kindergarten Thinking Skills Checklist.

11. Assessment.

Assessing Individual Student Abilities and Knowledge.

Measuring and Comparing School, School District, Statewide, and National Performance for Broad Public Accountability.

12. Kindergarten Society.

Tommy, Can you Hear Me?

Teacher’s Helper.

Let’s Get Physical.

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow.

13. Moving On to First Grade.

Ready to Go.

Anxieties.

Minimizing “Brain Drain”.

Appendix A: Literature for Kindergartners.

Appendix B: Software for Kindergartners.

Appendix C: Kindergarten Topical Calendar.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Index.