http://eyeonearlyeducation.com/2012/02/23/aligning-early-education-with-the-common-core/ Tue, 14 May 2013 18:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://eyeonearlyeducation.com/2012/02/23/aligning-early-education-with-the-common-core/#comment-4142 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:54:40 +0000 http://eyeonearlyeducation.org/?p=4622#comment-4142 .I have long since debated the issue of bridging the gap between prekindergarten and kindergarten. I think that having a common core for preschool is the way to go, granted it is developmentally appropriate. Too many children are struggling with the rigors of kindergarten and first grade because they have not been properly transitioned. This is a very serious issue that needs to be addressed with urgency. I have been teaching prekindergarten and kindergarten for seven years and I have always taken into account what pre-k students need to know and be accustomed to before entering kindergarten. The second half of the school year is geared more toward kindergarten concepts without losing the focus of developmentally appropriate practices

]]> http://eyeonearlyeducation.com/2012/02/23/aligning-early-education-with-the-common-core/#comment-2683 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:18:42 +0000 http://eyeonearlyeducation.org/?p=4622#comment-2683 For young children, standards on English language arts are not possible unless there are standards on language acquisition in the language their mothers spoke to them from birth. For children who have been in this country less than three years, we should not be testing or rating them using tests in English. Children who develop bilingual skills can be our outstanding students later in school if we let them.

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