“Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” Matthew 9:13 === I had the opportunity to talk about this song with the Kindergarten/First Grade class that I lead every Wednesday night and I told them there...
Such “Nice Police” posts do have an unfortunate tendency to sound like a kindergarten teacher lecturing a class on good behavior: First, let’s please cut down on the (potentially) ad hominem comments; for example, calling J’s design for the security layer “naive and ignorant of the ba...
Kylie Kirkpatrick was getting ready for work when her 9-year old son, Ryan Kyote, burst into her bedroom. The Napa, California-based third-grader had just watched a news story about a kindergarten student in Indiana who was forced to return her school lunch because her account balance couldn...
ReadyPreschoolers:Tipsforparentsandcaregivers BeingreadyforKindergarteninvolves morethanliteracyskills.Yourpreschooler willneedskillsinallareasofdevelopment forthebeststarttoschool. Phys cask s ncude: •holdingandusingapen,crayons, scissors •climbingstairsindependently •usingthewashroomindependently •putting...
One evening before dinner, I noticed my four-and-a-half-year-old son, who is in full-day junior kindergarten, sitting glumly on the kitchen floor. I sat down next to him and asked, “Was today a good day or a bad day?” In a sudden burst of candour, he told me it had been ...
though. For one thing, it’s live-action, not animation. For another, the title characters are now all grown up — instead of adorably bubbly superheroic kindergarteners, they are now “disillusioned twentysomethings who resent having lost their childhood to crime fighting.” Kids; they grow...
educational activities when your student reaches theage of 5-6. You can introduce something formal like a full kindergarten curriculum. If your child isn’t quite ready you can also start off with something a little more structured, but not quite as aggressive such as a K4 kindergarten. ...
Not to worry though, it’s perfectly fine to start out reading pinyin. Pinyin is a transcription of Chinese words using letters from the Latin alphabet. Pinyin also uses dashes above letters to denote tones. While you’re not as likely to encounter pinyin in China (though kindergarten and ea...
'beef place', a place where pretty girls will sing two songs each, the first song will be sang in beautiful elegant outfits, and the second song with just their shoes and a smile). The disparity of what I was saying and what they thought they ...
There are no pies at the bakery and the lettuce for the salad has been given to the rabbits. As they sit down for the feast, Grandmother Tappleton reminds them that although they have nothing to eat, they can still be thankful that they have each other....