Sentences with phrase «say kindergarten age»

Once kids are say kindergarten age or older, they are probably responsible enough to check for eggs on their own, maybe even let the chickens out of the coop, fill feeders and waterers unsupervised once they know the routine.

Not exact matches

She said she felt she had to get her son educated and protesting at a young age, because gays «are trying to get our children from the time they're in kindergarten... in the cradle even!»

Sources say that nearly half of all children have tooth decay before Kindergarten age.

The state also will pick up the transportation tab for children of all ages, from kindergarten to high school, who live in disadvantaged areas, thanks to a $ 500,000 program included in the new budget, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said in a statement.

«We're trying to spread that approach to learners of all ages,» says Resnick, who also leads the Lifelong Kindergarten research group at MIT.

Ohio's legislation says charter schools can only admit students between the ages of five and twenty - two; Arizona's says a charter school must provide instruction for «at least a kindergarten program or any grade between grades one and twelve.»

Last July, the Department of Education proposed a controversial new policy to further slash suspensions of students in kindergarten to second grade at all schools.The rules have not yet taken effect, officials said, but instead of being suspended unruly kids would face «positive» and «age - appropriate» discipline methods.

«We are ahead of some other states in recognizing that age 0 to 5 is one of those untouched areas, and recognizing that if children are being read to and hearing better vocabulary, that makes a huge difference when they walk in the door to kindergarten,» Moore said.

Diane Seurer, Program Director at Four Directions Family Center said that 92 % of the children who graduated from The Family Partnership's nationally accredited multicultural therapeutic preschools tested ready for kindergarten, and 75 % of the children enrolled tested positive the having the necessary skills for their age group.

Kleine said there needs to be a push in Nebraska, especially before kindergarten, where less than eight percent of at - risk kids have access to high - quality learning programs, and «more than 64,000 children under the age of five are at risk of failing at school.»

Having said that, I must admit that as I looked through this post I got the image in my mind of your child, maybe around kindergarten age, with a friend over to play... friend looks at room and says «why doesn't your mommy paint your closet?