This is not a question ranting about the absurd amount of homework put on kindergartenersMy son's teacher is really very reasonable, he has one worksheet and has a week to finish it, and a little 12-page book to read himself.At one point, weren't words like quot;bulldozerquot; or quot;ambulancequot; at least second-grade reading level?? I mean, didn't kids use to read Dick and Jane (or my cousin says he remembers Pat and Mat books)?My son brought home a book the other day that is pretty easy reading for the most partIt has a picture of something, and a repetative sentence about the toy car or truck or crane or whatever on the opposite pageSo he read quot;My car is little.quot; quot;My truck is little.quot; quot;My boat is little.quot;Then he got to quot;My ambulance is littlequot;, and tried sounding out quot;ambulancequot;, eventually ending up saying quot;My - we'll call it quot;busquot; - is little.quot; LOLWhen did reading quot;ambulancequot; become part of kindergarten?(btw, he got it eventually.)
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The idea is to use all the clues given - with that sort of book you should encourage your son to use the picture to figure out the long wordHe's not supposed to be learning ambulance and bulldozer from a book like that, he's learning my, is and little, and the other words are just there to make the book more interesting.
