Show Kin derlin ren 1 06 point ny by vintah school district this thin Is the second of three articles tu on local kindergarten kindergarten 1 4 not jut just the beginning of schooling kin Oer gartin Is an ail age a turning point ton n event in the life iko of the litle and it in i the life of ills his parents kindergarten menns means a childs first break from it dionio 0 me it means his first step hiu info organized society it mpa menns ps his first contact witt with a stranger tranger cr for a teacher tile the kindergarten la Is a child who to is already occupied with learning during most of his waking life eager active in te crested rested curious questioning exploring investigating untiring are words we use to describe him ile he Is ia Jum lumping hanging tun tumbling bling running lifting carrying pushing pulling balancing digging all uny day adviss long lie ile cant puddles and mud no matter what we bay aay the kindergarten Is ready for learning for thinking for or playing for working for investigating vesti gating the world around arotin cl him although he cannot read he likes to be tread toa tolie ile can talk but his language development vi needs guidance guidana 1 lie ile has ideas but mry many ol of them u lo 10 clarified and expanded lie ile likes to do things that let him be active that appeal to his imagination ile he likes to be with children of 11 his is own age although lie he is pot not always well adjusted to organized group living the kindergartner has some independence in attending to his personal persan al needs but bot there is still much to learn beurn about taking care of his personal belongings he desires recount tion and approval but he has much to learn about how to achieve them ills ilia attention span epan Is short though it grows longer as he participates in kindergarten experiences ile he Is not only ready to learn but lie he is eager to do so ile he al ready has a tremendous fund of knowledge of ideas and of concepts the modern kindergarten capitalizes on this readiness for learning before it Is lost or is wasted in undirected effort Qu questing from frederick J bof moffatt fitt titus thus a child learns by wiggling skills through ili his fingers and toes into himself by soaking up habits and attl tudes audes of those around him by pushing and pulling his own world more t through trial than error more through pleasure than pain more through experience than sug gest lon move more through tion than direction through affection t through ii r 0 u g it love through patience through un through belong ing through doing through doing kindergarten children try ork on life as they see it going on about them and through this dramatic play they clarity clarify their understandings of rela tion ships next nex t weeks article will be what is a good kindergarten program |