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 What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know : Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge Series) :: 0385318413
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With its comprehensive curriculum providing a sound basis in the fundamentals of math, art, history, language arts, science, and technology, the phenomenally successful Core Knowledge series has become an esteemed tool for parents and teachers striving to better educate today's children. And since it is agreed that the first years of schooling are crucial to a child's lifetime educational achievements, it is no wonder that parents and teachers alike have been asking for a volume for kindergartners.
This primer for those just beginning their school careers was devised with the contributions of over 2,000 parents, educators and students, distilled into a user-friendly volume specifically designed for parents to use with their children. Eighty pages of four-color illustrations enliven the new, bold design of this latest title in a series adopted by hundreds of schools nationwide and appreciated by thousands of adults looking to instill in children a lifetime love of learning.Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
The book The Educated Child : A Parents Guide From Preschool Through Eighth Grade (Hardcover)
by William J. Bennett, Jr., Chester E. Finn, Jr., John T. E. Cribb is a book that summarizes the phases of a child's life from birth to eight grade. It is an excellent resource and works well hand-in-hand with the Core Knowledge Series. Bennett does quote E.D. Hirsch Jr in his book on several occassions.
I home schooled my four children and now teach for a Classical/Christian School. I encourage all of my parents to own a personal copy of Bennett's book. I used the Core Knowledge Series while I home schooled and now use it as a resource. I have recently purchased the teacher edition of the grade level I am presently teaching. WOW!
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Author: Guest
I expected a more informative text, but most of the book was filler -- old, simple lesson ideas, re-printed fairy tale stories and book lists. The information about elementary school and kindergarten subject matter was interesting, but very brief. I haven't picked the book up since the day I got it - which was all the time I needed to decide that it wasn't as useful as I expected it to be.
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Author: Guest
The poems, history, geography and science is great. My four year old is always interested. The stories are a little bit boring for him, though, because they don't have any pictures, and some of them are pretty long....
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Author: Guest
I feel very helped by all the stories and activities in the book. Fables, Fairytales, Sayings and their meanings, Math, Science, Geography and more are being discussed in a language for the adult to teach their child in a way that only a parent can "translate" for their own child. It helps defending oneself from "dumbed down" school curricula. My only suggestion: the book would be perfect if there were activities to help comprehension of the mostly text fairytales. For instance a little craft project that involves acting out a part in a story to emphasize the moral/meaning/concept of a story.
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Author: Guest
This book is great if you homeschool or want to help your child during the summer. If you want to use it for homeschool, Hirsch has made a teacher handbook. The Teacher Handbooks provide background about language arts, history and geography, visual arts, music, mathematics, and science. Each handbook has been written to look like the Core Knowledge Sequence. For each section in the Sequence, there is a matching section in the handbooks.
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