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Can You Even Imagine? You Can Never Be Too Safe!

crissy92 @crissy92 (91) • United States 15 Dec 12

I can't. I can't imagine having the little life I created ripped away from me so senselessly. I cannot fathom what the parents of little lives that have been taken in the Connecticut shooting are feeling right now. How anyone,...

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Do you think it is harder to make new friends after your 40's birthday ?

wildlittlefan @wildlittlefan (4680) • Hong Kong 24 Nov 10

We can make friends easily when we were in kindergarten.Everyone can be your friends since you wouldn't know the danger of being hurt by others anyway.And the teaches would always protect you in a setting like this. When you grow...

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What kindergarden like for people 40 and older like?

unique16 @unique16 (1529) • United States 11 Oct 10

I was talking to my boyfriend over the weekend and I asked what he remembers most about kindergarden? He is in 50's. He remembers at the end of the day if you were good the teacher put a gold star on forehead he had to wear home...

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If you could re-live a moment in your childhood, when or where would it be?

Joman122 @Joman122 (118) • Canada 9 Sep 10

When I was about six years old, me and a group of five of my friends use to go to the park almost every day during the summer. I remember having a great time and I've looked at the pictures we took back then and I almost cried. We...

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Did You Go to a Kindergarten When You were a Child ?

myl0t1 @myl0t1 (346) • Indonesia 13 Mar 10

Hi Mylotters, People said that Kindergarten is first step in a long line of formal learning. Every years Parents struggle to decide if their children ready to take the first formal learning. So they must consider age, soft...

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CRIVAS @CRIVAS (1815) • Canada 2 Oct 09

At what age do you think a child is ready to go to kindergarden? What skills do you think that they should possess before enrolling? Did you, or are you, saving for your child to attend? Do you think that a child should go to...

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First Day of Kindergarden Today!

makelifehappy @vera5d (4004) • United States 25 Aug 08

I am sure there will be a lot of discussions upcoming on kids going back to school. Today was my son's first day of Kindergarden! I think he will like it, but I have to say I am not impressed with our school district at all,...

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cheers55 @cheers55 (11) • United States 8 May 08

What do they really start teaching in Kindergarden? Just curious to know since my kid will be going soon. Tks

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Eating habits

vsraovsr @vsraovsr (734) • India 29 Apr 08

What is the right age for kids to be trained to eat on their own? Can they eat ontheir own in schools in pre KG and KG classes in their parents absence. What is the best way to make them eat to their stomach full?

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This is a true story

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 16 Aug 07

I was just sitting here, play a game on my computer when I remembered this & wanted to kind of throw it out for the parents on this group. Now, this happened a LONG time ago. My sister was in kinder & she's turning 50 this...

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Should kids know their alphabet going into Kindergarten?

surveygrrl @surveygrrl (1270) • United States 28 Jul 07

I remember that I knew mine and how to spell some simple words. My mother in law was a Kindergarten teacher for over 30 years. She had kids anywhere from not even potty trained to kids who were full blown reading. I know kids...

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list of things to buy for school

poppoppop111 @poppoppop111 (5731) • Canada 7 Jul 07

my daughter is starting school in the fall, everyone always told me, be prepared for the list that the school sends of a ton of things you will need to buy for her to take to school. i was surprised for her school i only had a...

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Do you have a child who will start kindergarden or graduate from HS?

magnet @magnet (2087) • United States 4 Jul 07

Does your child start Kindergarden or graduate from High School this year? My son will start Kindergarden this year and I know that I am really going to miss him as much as I am excited for him to go. I think that I may also feel...

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"All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." Do you agree?

polachicago @polachicago (18716) • United States 20 May 07

Title of bestseller book by Robert Fulghum “All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile...

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Kindergarden registration. AH!

crazygirl3129 @crazygirl3129 (134) • United States 19 Apr 07

Well today I registered my boy for kindergarden. I'm so very nervous about the whole thing. Neither one of our sons has ever gone to daycare because we don't trust anyone else with him. My olderst (hes five and the one registered...

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Why is the human race getting stupider overall?

BlessMonderin @BlessMonderin (26) • Philippines 13 Apr 07

Test score worldwide continue to get lower and lower. All grade schools used to teach fractions in 4th grade; now they wait until 5th grade because the students "just can't handle fractions in 4th grade". All high schools used to...

at which age children are ready for kindergarden

AlexanderS2 @AlexanderS2 (66) • Brazil 7 Apr 07

we have three children, 6 year old boy, a 2 year old girl and another oine with 1 year. We had no nanny and also have no family to help us with the children, nor me, neither my wife. So the last 2 years meant for us, looking for...

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Is teaching children to read letter-by-letter really a good system?

ArienKing @ArienKing (4647) • India 17 Feb 07

There is evidence that people don't actually read by sounding out each and every letter - that they in fact read the words' meanings first, and then translate the meanings into sounds. For example, how do you know how to pronounce...

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Debating academic redshirting my son

teagsmom @teagsmom (91) • United States 13 Feb 07

My son will be 5 in very late April. He's in his second year of preschool, this year being a pre-k program. His teacher is starting to work more one on one with him, but has already mentioned the possibility of academic...

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My son doesnt want to go to Kindergarden

Sweetpeas @Sweetpeas (738) • Australia 30 Jan 07

Im just wondering if anyone has any tips on how to get my son interested in going to kindergarden and playing with other kids. He's 3 and an only child,and allthough he gets along great wih his couple of cousins he doesnt see them...

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