EDUC 106 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Kindergarten
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Kindergarten is an ongoing transitional process from a program the focused on social and emotional development to one that emphasizes academics, especially early literacy, math, science and activities in problem-solving. Kindergarten is for ve and six year old children before they enter rst grade. Kindergarten programs: developmental kindergarten: a kindergarten designed to provide children with additional time for maturation and physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development. Transitional kindergarten: a kindergarten designed to serve children who may be old enough to go to rst grade but are not quite ready to handle all of its expectations. Looping: a single-graded glass of children staying with the same teacher for two or more years. Literacy education- teaching that focuses on reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Emergent literacy is used to explain and describe the process of how children interact with books and writing.
