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What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge)
What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning - Core Knowledge
Author: E. D. Hirsch Jr. (Editor), John Holdren (Editor)
ISBN-13: 9780385318419
ISBN-10: 0385318413
Publication Date: 8/11/1997
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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4.2 stars, based on 80 ratings
Publisher: Delta
Book Type: Paperback
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11 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge) on + 17 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
This book offers a basic list of lesson plans covering what the average Kindergartner should know. It includes Language and Literature,(including the stories and poems needed to read to your child, History and Geography, Visual Arts, Music, Mathematics, and Science. It could be used as a basic curriculum for a 4 or 5 yr old, fleshed out with books from the library.
reviewed What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge) on + 17 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
As a pre-kindergarten teacher, I can say that this book has helpful tips and a good grasp of the skills required to enter kindergarten. This book can help you help your child work on skills at home.
bookwormama avatar reviewed What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge) on + 42 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
For the kindergartener, this book is a comprehensive compilation of familiar and favorite poems, fairy tales, fables, and beloved stories, familiar sayings and phrases, history and geography, visual arts, music, mathematics, and science. All are age appropriate and level appropriate suggestions that can be used by public school teachers and homeschoolers alike.
afrugalmom avatar reviewed What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge) on + 18 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is a great guide for the parent of a kindergartner. It is very detailed and gives good, practical teaching activities. This would also be great for the homeschooling parent.
reviewed What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge) on + 6 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I find this is a great full book...full of all kinds of reading, info for your kindergartner!! I loved it!
reviewed What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge) on + 3352 more book reviews
All sorts of info - fairy tales, alphabet, art, shapes, history, and lots more.
reviewed What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge) on
This is the second time reading and using this book. It contains a lot of useful info. I use it as a quideline throughout the year.
reviewed What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge) on + 11 more book reviews
My family depends on the Core Knowledge series to assure that our children are learning all that they should. Whether children are schooled or homeschooled, these books can give a family security that all the bases are covered in their children's education
reviewed What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge) on + 21 more book reviews
Great guide to teaching your little ones
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Great resource!!
reviewed What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge) on
I am enjoying this book very much! I like how it has everything in it to teach a kindergartner plus book recommendations for extra.great purchase!