The Negative Effects Of Kindergarten

If children do not have these initial literacy skills and still attend school, it can hinder their learning process. Starting in a child’s early years of education, as early as kindergarten, children take many standardized test. These test are used to measure how intelligent the child is. They are often taken at the very beginning of the school year and again at the

if parents see behavior problems that studnts otherwise keep hidden in a report, then they will be able to help and work with them on improving. it is important and necessary for parents to be aware of their childs behavior in school, grading students on behavior is the perfect way to keep parents informed. furthermore, if students are aware that they are being graded on behavior this will influence them to improve their behavior. many students will not pass up the oppurtinity to recieve an eassy grade. when students are repremanded after misbehavior they often try to find excuses and escape punishment (some do).

Introduction The article The New First Grade: Too Much Too Soon? by Peg Tyre discusses the recent evolution of the preschool years and how children are required to master reading and mathematic skills at increasingly younger ages. It also describes how lessons that were once taught in the first grade are now being instructed to children in kindergarten. In regard to this topic, I believe that society today has become so competitive that parents are placing more and more pressure on their children to be academic stars and lose sight of what is truly important: encouraging their child to be the best that he or she can be. Article Summary In kindergarten, there has been a significant decrease in the amount of playtime and an increase in time spent learning mathematics and reading.

However, findings from many studies and research have proven just the opposite; expert believes that academic pressure in kindergarten contributes to failure, retention, and behavior problems. Young children by nature are explorer beings and their exploratory play leads to discovery learning that promotes motivation, autonomy, independence and the development of creativity for problem solving skills. Early childhood educators are concerned that a young child’s enquiring mind might be hampered by a curriculum that is rigidly linked to standardized test, and that the learning process experienced by students will be compromised. According to Bruner (1977), learning should serve us in the future and that the knowledge students learned should create skills that can be transfer to later activities. As it stands right now, the prescriptive curriculum will take students to a place w... ... middle of paper ... ...y or predatory.

It is the responsibility of a school to find ways to best support the learning and growth of children that fall under the umbrella of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Barnard, Prior and Potter describe autism as a “hidden disability”(2000) that the general public doesn’t have a great understanding or awareness of. Due to the lack of visibility in this disorder, many children that have characteristics or tendencies of autism can sometimes fall through the cracks. It is important that schools help to include and integrate children with autism and develop their teacher’s knowledge and teaching so they can assist in these students learning. It is also important to understand what kind of policies and programs schools have in place to help aid and support children with autism.

Preschool gives young children a head start on school so when they attend kindergarten they already have an understand of some school related things. The price of sending a child to preschool is also a factor a lot of parents look at before sending their kids. These are all reasons that parents either decide it is good for their child to attend preschool or to keep them at home for another year. All students were not always allowed to attend preschool. Ages ago school used to be restricted to the kids that already knew how to read and write.

In a sense avoidance is a coping mechanism which happens to create stress, anxiety and reduces self-confidence (Boyes, 2013). Fortunately, for students with temperament shyness this avoidance coping mechanism can be overcome once recognized. However, it is important to first question why there is a difference between shy and non-shy students. One approach to this question is the labeling theory which is the idea that if given a label and accepted that it will affect how they see themselves and how other perceive them. For example, “ ‘teachers in one classic study were told to watch normal elementary school children who had been labeled (for the study) as ‘learning disabled,’ ‘mentally retarded,’ ‘emotionally disturbed,’ or ‘normal’ Sadly, teachers gave the children very different ratings, depending on the labels used,’” (as cited in Coon & Mitterer, 2014, page 46).

The purpose of this literature review is to observe and study an assign case study on the “Issues of K-12” based on research. From research on the issues, Common Core State Standards and the stakeholders involve there are many questions that have occur such as are these standards developmentally appropriate enough for young learners? Would the standards also effect Head Start children? And with the new Common Core State standards what affect would it have on parents and families? As an Early Childhood educator I have seen a lot of parents lose interest in their child’s education because it was even too complicated for them to understand how children was learning through the standards.

Mental health of a child depends on the care given by the parents, these will ensure that the child gains the necessary mental power; he will be social as well as improve the language. As the child gains more knowledge the mental power consequently develops. Piaget suggests that parents play a major role in ensuring that their children obtain and have the necessary tools for interaction and development of the mental power. Research has shown that the performance of a child at some stages of development can change from region to region, for example the understanding of mathematical and social concepts thus, it is not possible to place a child in one stage. Determining the amount of the amount of information the child can process will help the psyc... ... middle of paper ... ...rning of disabled children.

In the educational society today many ways to teach our children and have them get the most out of learning is up for debate. Each time the Department of Education has a meeting the topic of standardized testing and how it is working comes to the forefront. We have a mixed response and two sides that want the same thing but are not certain either way is right or necessary or even what is most important, actually helping the children. In our discussions we have found that as a team we are for and against standardized testing. We want to begin with the standardized testing debate and how it affects the children.