Mom-ninja. Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Hi. I'm the mommy of a 5 yr old. His school work consists of 10 minutes a day of phonics. That's it. :001_smile: Who else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 :seeya: Right here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheryl Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Hi. I'm the mommy of a 5 yr old. His school work consists of 10 minutes a day of phonics. That's it. :001_smile: Who else? Good for ya!! I'm so glad that you don't feel the need to graduate him in the next 6 months. ;) It seems so many people want to push these little ones into such a strict schedule teaching for a few hours a day. :glare: Poor kids. Explore with them at this age. Have fun. Count jelly beans for beginning numbers/math and kudos on the phonics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 :seeya: Kindy in our house is learning to read, write a few letters, counting ticklish toes, and frequent trips to places like the library and children's museum. My workbook fiends could took a little longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaKinVA Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Good for ya!! I'm so glad that you don't feel the need to graduate him in the next 6 months. ;) It seems so many people want to push these little ones into such a strict schedule teaching for a few hours a day. :glare: Poor kids. Explore with them at this age. Have fun. Count jelly beans for beginning numbers/math and kudos on the phonics. Please keep in mind, that for some of us, we aren't pushing our kids, they are dragging us kicking and screaming into what THEY want. In any case, Kindy should be light and fun... hours of work are unnecessary. But if your child is skip counting and wants to learn multiplication, because he already knows how to add and subtract and believes that's for "babies" -- go with it, making it as fun as you can... ... unless you have a kid who WANTS workbooks (yeah, I've had that one too... he'd sit and do math workbooks for an hour :tongue_smilie:). I know, I don't get it either. Have fun, and enjoy the ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 I just wanted to let those just starting, and feeling like they have to do it all, that Kinder is about fun. Academics comes later. It seems I've seen a number of posts stressing about K. Even WTM says keep K simple. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 We do 20 mins of sit down kindy work, some math games, and lots of read alouds. They love to sit in on history and science with sissy, but basically we play alot and enjoy using our imaginations! There are plenty of years of stress ahead lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoboys Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I have to confess (since it's 3:00 a.m. anyway LOL), that last year when DS was in Kindy, there were a lot of days we did nothing at all. We got about half way through his official K curriculum. That's it. On the plus side, he still finished up ahead of where his peers who went to PS were. We did library, chess club, & gymnastics for extras. This year, though, we have really buckled down, following a much tighter schedule, and he rarely misses a day of school. He isn't behind at all (in fact he's doing great overall), so I suppose a looser year of K didn't harm him! :) (Although, he can print fine, but it's REALLY sloppy!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Starfall counts as phonics curricula, right? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyWifeandMommy Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I had a curriculum but have stopped and now just focus on math and reading and writing. My Ker does tag along with big sister when she is reading outloud from her history books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iquilt Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 My K/1st (just turned 6) is already reading so her day consists of handwriting and following along with science/history/art/spanish that her older sister is doing that day. I do not count time "in school" as we try to make learning a natural part of our home. Like today we can watch the window guys come fix the leak in our big front window on our brand new house; we will learn how quickly mommy's head can explode :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cindie2dds Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I had a pretty rigorous schedule for mine up until about a month ago because she could do it, poor thing. Her joy was gone, but we still needed structure to our day. We (the girls and I) couldn't be more pleased with what we are doing now. We are really having a ball and we have the structure included with the daily rhythm of our lives. :) I wish someone had told me to chill last year when we officially did 3 hours of kindy a day for a 4.5 year old. Grrr..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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