My kid is in 1st. I taught him how to read, tie his shoe and do buttons and zippers, how to tell time. Kindergarten taught him about transitions, walking in a line, social skills etc. I agree that school should reinforce these things. I think kids have always learned these things at home and at school, both. I’m talking about the extras that a PP brought up. Daily water bottle, dress up days, special snack days, spirit days… I see all those as extras. Wants, not needs. If I happen to remind DS, fine. If not, he can remember or just skip. This year the teacher sent home a calendar of dress up days, so DS knows to check that. Sometimes he remembers. It doesn’t matter. |
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This is insane to me.
Teach your kids how to tie their shoes. Also feed them breakfast and lunch and snacks, send them to school with food. Since when is the school system and taxes suppose to feed all your children. Don't have them if you can't afford them or don't have time to teach them to tie their shoes. |
This is such a stupid response when you have literal pages of responses above you saying that K used to teach/work on basic skills like shoe tying. |