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  • Discovering that your neighbourhood is larger than your street.
  • Not sure when you went to kindergarten, but now days they learn how to read basic words, write their names, count to 100, do basic addition and subtraction, and make presentations. They are doing a lot more in kindergarten now than they did when I went. If I am recalling correctly, we learned how to color, share and play. Nothing like they are doing now. I should also add that it helps children learn how to act together and in a school setting as most of them have not spent any time away from family until then.
  • it sort of school 101. you are learning how to socialize, you learn the class structure. you learn basics such as writing your name and the alaphbet. you learn how to be a way from home for long periods at a time...
  • its just a smooth transition from home all day to learning how to be away from mommy / nana and sitting down for long periods of time.....I guess lol
  • Unless you're super-human, it's very unlikely that you remember THAT much of your kindergarten experience. And even so, being at such a young age, your perception would be distorted. Being a teacher, I think that Kindergarten is more for the social aspect of school rather than academic, although it is getting more and more academic as time goes on. Kindergarten ideally prepares children for the classroom setting and teaches lessons like cooperation and sharing. They also learn things that are the basis for future learning, like ABCs, sounding out words, etc. Sure, learning the ABCs seems very minor to you now, but it was once an important milestone for you. They also learn numbers, adding, writing practice, and lots of other things that will better equip them for future success.
  • Sure you did. You learned how to interact with other children, if nothing else.
  • "Kindergarten (help·info) (German, literally means "children's garden") is a form of education for young children which serves as a transition from home to the commencement of more formal schooling. Children are taught to develop basic skills through creative play and social interaction. In most countries kindergarten is part of the preschool system.[1] In parts of the United States, Canada and Australia (NSW, TAS and the ACT) kindergarten is the word used to describe the first year of compulsory education. In British English, nursery or playgroup is the usual term for preschool education, and "kindergarten" is rarely used. Children usually attend kindergarten any time between the ages of three and seven depending on the local custom." "Children attend kindergarten to learn to communicate, play, and interact with others appropriately. A teacher provides various materials and activities to motivate these children to learn the language and vocabulary of reading, mathematics, science, and computers, as well as that of music, art, and social behaviors. For children who previously have spent most of their time at home, kindergarten may serve the purpose of helping them adjust to being apart from their parents without anxiety. They are usually exposed to their first idea of friendship while they play and interact with other children on a regular basis. Kindergarten may also allow mothers, fathers, or other caregivers to go back to part-time or full-time employment." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindergarten
  • I’m sure you learnt a lot more than you realise, learning involves problem solving, fine motor development (how to hold scissors correctly, how to hold a pen, do buttons up) I could go on, I’m sure you learnt a wealth of valuable information. Learning is not just about mathematic and reading. You can learn maths though play. “How many trains can we have each if there is 12 to start with and 4 of us?”. Early Childhood Education is the foundation of all learning.
  • You most probably did learn how to socialize.
  • Sure you did, you learned to be separated from your parents, you learned to share, you learned to socialize with others, you learned basic colors and weather by singing songs, and you learned the fun of plastic kitchenettes :3
  • These days alot of work is accomplished in kindergarten. The children are well on their way to reading by the time they are through. What used to be accomplished in 1st grade is done in there. Your memories are the same as mine,, I remember playing and having snacks. Not the same anymore!
  • That's exactly what they mean when they say you are too smart for your own good.
  • So you still colour outside the lines, huh? Don't worry, there's still time, you'll get it eventually.
  • Oh but you did learn bucket loads of stuff without realising it through playing. Very young children learn more things than you can imagine and it's all through playing - while we may see a kid banging a cake tin lid with a wooden spoon, what the kid sees and learns is very different. Between the ages of 1 and 3, the average child takes on board literally bucket loads of information - they learn more at this age than at any other time in their lives. The difference is that as adults we associate learning and education with academic stuff (reading, writing, counting and so on). Very young children learn through playing and this is where Kindergarten comes in. It actually teaches more than how to make a cake out of Playdoh or how to use a bucket, water and the contents of the sandpit to make a castle, it also teaches kids social and communication skills. It teaches them about behaviour and what is acceptable and what is not, early socialisation skills, sharing, talking, independence and offers the first steps into the world outside the family unit. It teaches communication skills about they learn about friendships and how to behave and why we don't all thump each other when we cannot get our own way. They learn how to interact with authority figures, increase their vocabularies and use of language and all of these things are taught through play. Research shows that too much academic education taught too soon is detrimental and those that are not allowed to play during the early years (in favour of reading/writing skills and so on), fall behind (academically), those that were by about the age of 10 (approx). Kindergarten may seem as though it is a lot of nothing but nothing could be further from the truth - you learnt more at that time of your life than you ever have since - you accumulated vast amounts of information and of course the other thing that you gained as a byproduct was self confidence. All I remember of kindergarten is taking off my shoes and skidding from one end of the room to the other wearing just my socks (it was a shiny wooden floor) and not much else - but then again I was only a toddler.
  • Kids learn LOTS in Kindergarten. Im a teacher and I belive that Kindergarten is the one year from all the other years children attend school that they learn and progress the most. Its easy to see when you compare a child that has yet to start Kindy to a child who has just compleeted it - all the things they have learnt counting forwards, backward, sounding letters, reading words, knowing sight words, writing, sharing, sports, socializing, responsibilities for their actions, art, music, drama, dance, putting thoughts onto paper, developing friendships, learning about themselves and others.. the list is endless.
  • Just the other day my husband and I were fighting over if we should have the lamanit floors installed or do it our selves. I told him its just like snapping together a puzzle. theres nothing to it, everything he needed to know he learned in kindergarten.
  • it acclimates you to school.
  • Did they not do advanced calculus at your kindergarten? Seriously, as all the other contributers have already said - you learned a lot more than you will ever know. Children at that age are like little sponges and soak up all kinds of information, whether it is a realisation that the reflection you see in a mirror is really you, or that by using a pincer motion you can grab a pencil. Most of these things could also be learned in the home, of course, so the key thing that you learned in Kindergarten and could not learn at home (unless you are part of a very very very large extended family) is to socialise with lots of other children who are the same age as you, and how to be apart from your parents and normal family. It is the first thing in your life that you do on your own, and begins to develop your independence.

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