
Parenting Preschoolers (3-5) Support Group
This community is focused on the joys, challenges and concerns faced by parents of preschoolers (3 to 5 year olds). The major areas of child development include: physical development, perception and sensory development, communication and language development, cognitive development, emotional development and social development. Join to share your stories and get advice.
She should be to able recognize her name and hopefully write it by kindergarten. by write it I mean the chicken scratch that goes for writing. Don't expect perfect letters. "s"s will be backwards and even B, D N etc. When you do practice, make sure that you go over both upper and lower case letters so she gets used to them. Don't freak out until she gets to kindergarten and then, let the teacher help you.
Most kids are not reading at Kindergarten and the attempt to force them to is ridiculus.
Ease up and enjoy your time. They'll be plenty of school pressure later.
6 months later she is reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, she is always bugging me for ways to spell things for her and to buy her new books she can write in. all kids have a differnt pace they learn at. Im sure you remember what it was like having your father on your back when you were 4, and I know you wouldnt like your child to feel the same.I know we always want better for our children then we had ourselves, but try not to get too worked up about it, she will see that and when she gets to school she will be lacking in confidence because no matter how hard you try to cover your fustrations she will see and think she isnt good at it so why try?
Keep it fun and read to her every day. She's loving the time you're devoting to her. She will be ready.
They will teach your daughter to read and write in Kindergarten. They do not expect children to already know these sills. When entering kindergarten, social skills and separation readiness is much more important than knowing how to read.
I hope this helps.
I'm really stressing over the whole thing.
P.S.- I don't push my own daughter. It will all come in time. If you want some specific strategies or ideas of fun, playful ways to help her, let me know.
But, how will I know if she is or isn't??
Start with her name. if you want to work with other words have her find the words that start with the same letter that starts her name.
Your daughter is doing fine. If she plays fairly well with others and has no social issues, you should send her to school in the fall.
good luck to you!!