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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Missouri Education Watchdog: Kindergarten Rigor in Connecticut and the Kirkwood School District

Missouri Education Watchdog: Kindergarten Rigor in Connecticut and the Kirkwood School District:


Kindergarten Rigor in Connecticut and the Kirkwood School District

What do you remember about kindergarten?  Was it the coloring?  The playing of games?  The songs?  The end of the  year recital?  I remember playing the triangle for a song in an "orchestra" and being dressed up in a crepe paper flower costume my mother made for the finale presentation.  

I don't remember rote activities, assessments and rigid expectations.  Probably most parents today don't