ABCs, color inside the lines, names of colors, know how to tie shoes. Much else is way over thinking or over complicating kindergarten.

I appreciate all the input guys. I am not as far behind as I thought we might be.

Don’t let grandpa teach the boys that it’s Ok to pee on the trees whenever they need to pee. That came back and bit me on the backside. I thought it was funny. Not everyone agreed with that.

We're getting close to a Little Johnny joke zone.

Don’t stress over it, I would ask teachers in Nov off record where you kid stands, but also be consist in asking what do we need to work on at home is also big. You want teachers comfortable being frank, not just ISD protocol

It broke my heart these past two days to see how many kindergarteners showed up to school with NO previous exposure to almost anything. It was so overwhelming for them to understand the concept of staying in line, wiping themselves, buttoning their own pants, opening a milk container, holding a pencil correctly…. I had one who didn’t understand how to unzip his lunchbox so he could eat. Some can’t tell you their name, or don’t KNOW their actual given name that is on the roster. So many had never held a pencil at all, couldn’t sing the alphabet song (let alone recognize any letters/numbers), couldn’t count to ten or recognize shapes/colors…. Sometimes when I post about these things, someone asks, “Isn’t that what school is for?? Why should parents have to do YOUR job for you?” Yes, school is for learning, but when they come in SO far behind right off the bat, it is so defeating and frustrating for these babies! Even at the age of five, they recognize when they don’t know things other kids know. If a child knows who Pennywise the clown is and can recite every word (including the explicit ones) to the latest Cardi B song, but can’t recite the alphabet, count to ten, or open a ketchup packet, we got probs. Even if you choose not to send your child to preschool, lots of these things could be could be learned just by putting them in front of PBS or learning apps rather than letting them watch Japanese anime all day and playing mindless video games with no educational value for 4 years. If you know a child who will be starting school next year or has just started this week, PLEASE take the time to interact with them and help them prepare. It overwhelms their little minds so much to come in knowing NOTHING. PLEASE HELP THEM!!!

That boys have a penis and girls have a vagina

I’m annoyed with my kids school already. Yes I know it’s only the first week, but when they have to take a test and be chosen as 1 of 44 student to be in this fine arts program that supposed to be an advanced academic school, I expect them to be doing advanced academics.

My son tested as an end of 1st grade beginning of 2nd grade student back in February according to a STARR test. I asked him yesterday what he learned in school today and his response was “we learned to count to 2”. This kid is counting to 100 via 1, 5, and 10. They are also learning the alphabet letters A-E. He’s bored out of his mind already.

I am in charge of homework and that has went great.

What are you doing to do when they hit the 3rd grade??

Sorry Bee'zzzz....I couldn't resist