Dr. Paula identifies kindergarten readiness standards for beginners and extracurricular options for older students
Kindergarten registration flyers are out and it’s time to start thinking about enrolling our daughter. We’re not really sure what schools expect of entering kindergartners. What should a prospective kindergartner know and be able to do upon entry? What can we do to help her succeed? Any recommendations for us? Sally and Jim K. With the growing sophistication of elementary schools today and increased expectations, it’s almost as though kindergarten is the new first grade. Today specific knowledge and skills are fundamental for successful entry into the school environment. Kindergarten readiness standards include attaining certain benchmarks in numeracy including math and numbers; literacy, including pre-reading and pre-writing skills; and …
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Oakmont Carnegie Library
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Dr. Paula recommends ways for parents and kids to learn together whether techn-savvy or tech-not.
From some of the information we’ve received from the school recently, it seems like they’re starting to plan for next year’s student schedules. We really don’t know what courses are available to my son going into ninth grade and which would be best for him. We want to be sure he selects courses that are challenging but appropriate for his ability level. How can we get better informed about the classes that will be offered and that my son should take next school year? Debbie and Rich S. You’re the kind of parents that teachers appreciate! Glad to see that you’re thinking ahead and realize how important it is to help your son select the right courses so that he can be challenged and be successful with the ultimate goal of high school …
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Riverview School District Senior High School
Hulton Rd & 3rd St, Oakmont, PA
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Dr. Paula addresses the problems of leaving a reluctant child at school and solving the stresses surrounding homework.
When I drop off my 5-year-old daughter at Tenth Street School each day, I never know what to expect. If it’s a good day, she’ll see some other kids and immediately join in their activity. Then, I can leave with no problem. On other occasions, a.k.a. bad days, she’ll be reluctant to leave me and often whines, “I don’t want you to go away, mommy!” I’m feeling guilty. What’s a working mom to do? Balancing family and work life is one thing, but dealing with guilt is even more of a challenge. It seems that the distraction of other kids socializing at the school engages your daughter’s attention, and she’s ready to get involved. Use that as the motivation to prepare her for the daily separation. As you ride together each morning, begin talking …
Joy Mowry Schwartz
9:44 pm on Thursday, March 24, 2011
Thanks for your kind words! There is a lot of on-the-job training with parenting and we are trying our best! We skipped preschool with our first child because our second child was born right about the time we needed to register our first for preschool. We were unprepared to make the commitment and felt that we already had a lot of adjustments to make without adding preschool. With our second, we … more ›