Kindergarten Reading Help

Archive for February, 2010

Hi moms,
I have a kid, she’s in kindergarten. So last week I got an email from one of the kid’s mom in the same group in kindergarten where my daughter goes. I have never met this mom before, from her letter I understand that her daughter would love to have a play date with my daughter. While reading the email, my phone rings, I answer the phone and here is this mom who sent me an email. Let’s call her Lee. So we are talking on the phone and she goes: “Hi, we have never met before but I promised my daughter she can have a friend to play with at our house tonite and she chose your daughter. We have a whole program planned – swimming, arts and crafts, and then a movie. I can pick your daughter up after school, or you can drop her off.”
So It all sounded ridiculous to me, I don’t know these people and she is offering to pick my daughter after classes (who is only 5 y/o!), so I said that I don’t feel comfortable that my daughter will be in her house without my presence there, and that nobody else can pick our daughter up from school, only me and her dad. I was trying to be nice on the phone, and said it would be great If we could get the girls together to play at the park, and meet each other in person.
What I heard from Lee after I said all that – she said she was insulted, and she couldn’t believe I didn’t trust my daughter to be at her house, and that If they were bad people I would have heard about it.
I said that I didn’t mean to hurt her feelings, but I can’t let my 5 y/o daughter to stay in the house of people who I don’t know at all.
That woman got offended and felt insulted by my rejection. What do you, moms, think about the whole situation? I just think it’s bizzare and no normal mom would accept the invitation, even though that woman said it is an American way to have play dates, and that this is very common.
Waiting for your views. Thank you.

My best friend whos a boy is acting weird. He ignores me all of the time. I’ve known him Since Kindergarten. When we were in kindergarten we always played together and stuff. Our mom’s were really good friends too. But now hes acting weird. Is it because he has a girlfriend? I dont get it. I asked him wats wrong and he said nothing. I ask the same question every week. He stopped emailing me 4 sum reason, and stopped calling me, and just stopped talking to me… I dont know if its because of me, or sumthhin else. IWhenever i call him, the lines always busy. When i email him, he never mails me back! I’m getting so tired of it! Now we r in middle school! Its weird how whenever his mom brings him over so she can see my mom, all he does is call his girlfriend, and goes on his email! i watched him on his email! he deletes all of my msges without reading them!

Okay well I am 13 years old, and ever since I was in kindergarten I have had anxiety. I use to have anxiety attacks a lot throughout school and went the schoolcounsel orr everyday practically from kindergarten – to grade 5. Then I stopped, you see my whole life I have been fat and horribly bullied i use to get so upset and angry about it when people made names. I have always got into fights and especially my parents and friends and recently I lost my two bebest friendshrough a fight. I am the type of person to never drop things that bother me and over react sosome days act like I doesn’t bother me but those are the days where im the worst. My parents are putting me in cocounselling again this year for anger issues because I always complain when told to do simple tasks and I always feel lethargic and sad. I have self harmed in the last year and now recently I do self harm because I hate to feel dead inside and sad and being so fat. I will smoke ciggarettes and push the hot butts into my thigh an take glass and cut over and over until its deep. I have tried marijuana a couple times and liked it, I drink with my friends whenever. Self harming and doing bad things like stealing and drugs make me escape from reality. You see people are very mean to me I mean everyone has said fat things about me whether it be my family or my friends, strangers, bullies. Now i am beggining to cry and irregulate sleeping patterns for instence I woke up today from crying and almost about to have a panic attack. My family and me get into fights and my parents hit me and I mouth them off and tell them I hate them. I know they love me its just that I can’t control my anger and put up a fuss foreverything and I cry an get super angry at them. Just last week my mum hit me a few times pushed me outta the house and said “You little ***** ! And rude child and everything bad I can think of Your father hates you Megan {sis} hates you brandon {bro} hates you and IVE HATED YOU FOR THE LONGEST!” then she told me to go leave her house drown or go die cause it will make her happy. I know i am mouthy to them but they treat me like dirt and make fun of me… Also I get hit the most by my parents in my family and im the youngest i do get away with alot too. I just hate myself and being fat and find food a comfort.
I have:
-family htting me
-friends hitting me before not my friends anymore
-me drinking/smoking/majuana/stealing with friends
-getting left out by people
-overreacting about stuff
-sleeping off an on staying up all night sleeping all day hardly sleeping
-my parenst calling me fat
-bullies calling me fat
-i try to stand up but I just feel weak i have stood up before/let things slide
-not caring about myself
-feeling useless
-feeling blue all the time
-only thing that takes my mind off stuff is doing something wild or getting something that i want like shopping or reading
-eating alot
-refusing to do simple tasks
-crying
-panic attacks
-self harm cutting/burning alot of people know not my family but no one really cares at myschool its like a trend
-getting angry and braking stuff
-thinking about suicide but i really just wanna feel more alive
-picking apart myself
-lieing
-avoiding friends or family functions
-confinding myself in my room
-before I have looked through the medicine cabinet trying to find something to numb the pain all i could find was lame 600 mg of ibuprofen which i took 1800 mg
-feeling lost
-not wanting to be seen by people yet pretending at times i have confidence
-worrying alot
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Basically I just want help I want to feel alive no dead anymore I WANT to be thin and pretty i wanna feel happy for just no reason at all not just when i go get high or drunk
I have alot Of stuff to stay but basically I just want help…. answers too
ALSO sometimes I feel awesome then life just sucks….

So i wanna teach kindergarten but i was wondering what its like =) i imagine it to be so much fun and i love the thought of helping children in their first years of school. but i’m torn between that and becoming a professor because of the better pay and the more intellectual conversations. i also want to make my parents happy because they dont see teaching kindergarten as great as being a professor. plus i dont think i can afford to go to school for much longer because im paying for my own schooling.
thanks for reading my rant and if you could please share with me your thoughts i would be very happy <3

I dont thinks she super advanced or anything. Its just she has a strong interest in learning and reading and already knows what all the preschools seem to be teaching. Shes doing phonics and most preschools teaching letters and colors and she has know them since 2. We tried a preschool last year but she was bored stiff and the teachers didnt do anything about it even when I addressed it to them – we ended up pulling her cause it was more like daycare. Which I understand for most preschool is jsut about getting use to things – socially and school setting etc but would if your kid wants more? Id love to put her in Kindergarten but obviously your not allowed to put a 4 yrold in Kindergarten (shell be 4 in June before the school year.) Ive looked at public, charter, private and montessori. Montessori seems the best option but the only ones are out of my district and they do a lottery every year if your out of district so she may go 1 year and not the next I dont want that either.???

My 5yr old daughter is having problems in kindergarten. Namely writing exercises. Her teacher says that she works slower than most kids, she scribbles a lot and it takes her a long time to do the work. Her work is sloppy and contains lots of erasure marks. I have seen some of the other kids work, but hers is not nearly as good. Her teacher says she is reading and she feels this is stopping her from moving forward. She knows a lot but she can’t get it to translate on paper. . Her teacher and I feel that she can do the work but this is a hurdle. She wants to hold her back in kindergarten -any suggestions? How can I get her to work faster and neater and do it in class?

btw this is holly steph is gonna be sharing this account *uggh* so ill put holly if its me and tell her 2 put stephanie if its her
ok so the guys are:
jason: a really good friend. i just got over being super mad at him 4 god knows why. dark brown shaggy hair overwaight…hes stephanie’s age though(11) so its a little awkward (im 13) just a little though.
pro: known him since he was in kindergarten
con: me and my friend made a fake youtube guy account not to post vids just to maybe see who he likes and stuff and we were talking about me and maddie and he told the “guy” that hes kissed me when he never ever ever has
tommy: short brown hair blue eyes nice bod. ive known him since we were both in kindergarten. he has a superr nice family and is really funny even when we r making fun of eachother. we have 3 of the same classes which 2 of he chooses to sit next 2 me and we hav poking wars (im not as childish as that probably just led me to be)
pros: really hott and funny and sweet but bad boyish sometimes and really nice
cons: makes fun of me and ben(explained later) and maddie’s(my bff!) ex bf.
ben: hott guy pretty short amazing hair and hot body. always makes fun of me and i seriosly doubt he likes me:( he was new to our school last year (7th grade were going into 8th now) hes skinny and i wasnt in 6th or anything b4 that but now everyone makes fun of me for it and tommy decided 2 say that i went skinny FOR ben when really i went skinny because i became more in to health and reading the sides of boxes and im now a vegitarian *however u spell it* soooo… yea
pros: great hair his moms a hair stylist and funny
cons: mean
srry i 4got i was trying 2 make it quick but i didnt want 2 leave anything
out oh and dont go saying im not mature cuz if u do ill **** u up!

PLEASE HELP MEEE!! THIS IS WORTH READING:
Ok, so I have been friends with this guy since i was in kindergarten (im in 10th grade now). I have always had a crush on him <3 . He isn't the best looking guy but he has the most perfect blue eyes and he has a great personality. I don't care much for looks I look for personality. <3 anyways,,..my friends know that I like him and they were dropping hints to him (we are all mutual friends). soooo he started asking me who I like….he was persistent and stuff but I held my ground. eventually it got outa hand and I started getting annoyed so I just told him on IM. he kept asking me if i was free to hang out. I was worried cause he knew I liked him and it may be awkward sooo yea. eventually i hung out with him. it was normal surprisingly. then we hung out with a group of our friends. and after he left to go home, they told me that we were seriously flirting. –a few weeks later– at lunch he took my book bag to be annoying so i went to smack im with my folder and he grabbed the end and pushed me into the wall and tried to get it from me. this guy who sits with us was like "could you guys please stop flirting" he let go and sat back down.
i love him soooooooo much and he knows but dosent seem to care…
this "flirting" is it love or friendship? i dont actually know how to flirt….i just do i guess. he also tends to ignore our other friends when we are all hanging out and leans toward me……??
Do you think he <3 loves <3 me??
What are some signs that a guy loves/likes you??
feel free to ask for more info and come back and add on to your answer.
THANKS<3

Hello, I am a self-taught English student. I would like to improve my English by learning from the mistakes I’ve made. Thank you all in advance.
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Dear Mrs. XX,
I have received an email from YJ’s PE teacher and I am really surprised.
YJ hasn’t brought her PE strip to her PE9 class 5 times so far.
I am sorry that I feel disappointed with my niece today.
Yet, my love for her won’t change.
She has made up one Friday session (Dec 11) since I talked to her.
She still has to make up 4 classes.
I will remind her of seeing you on Jan 15 and Jan 25 for her make-up PE classes.
YJ has to see Mr. Pxxx as you see his message below.
I hope that someone or you can come with her when seeing Mr. Pxx to help her communicate with him.
I’d appreciate if you could find someone for YJ.
Oh, I told YJ this morning that she has to see you today after school.
Mrs. xx..
YJ leaves her school agenda in her room for months, and I think this is not a good idea for a student like my niece.
I’ve advised her many times to bring it with her when she goes to school, but she leaves it home.
I don’t like to nag her, so I always talk to her nicely.
She seems to highly respect me; however, she sometimes forgets doing things that she has to do at home and the school, which I can’t help her.
I wish I were her mother, so I can lead her to have better and more effective life.
Mrs. xx..
I have been so much passionate about education entire my life since very young age.
I think it is not everything of studying hard in our life.
People often open their eyes to studying at different age.
However I believe that taking our responsibility is very important.
YJ is a lovely and good girl, but I hope that she takes her responsibility seriously as a student.
I never say study to her; if I do that, I probably go crazy.
I love her very much as my niece, which, I think, is the only thing that I can give her during her stay in Canada.
On the other hand, YJ has many good characters.
I have learned such good things from her.
She is very good at reading people’s mind and treating very young children.
She has thought me how to treat kids well.
She loves little children.
I think she will be an excellent kindergarten teacher in the future in Korea if she studies the field.
I gave her a chance to volunteer at a kindergarten near my home.
Christmas is in the corner.
I hope you enjoy wonderful Christmas holidays!
XX

Hello, I am a self-taught English student. I would like to improve my English by learning from the mistakes I’ve made. Thank you all in advance.
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Dear Mrs. XX,
I have received an email from YJ’s PE teacher and I am really surprised.
YJ hasn’t brought her PE strip to her PE9 class 5 times so far.
I am sorry that I feel disappointed with my niece today.
Yet, my love for her won’t change.
She has made up one Friday session (Dec 11) since I talked to her.
She still has to make up 4 classes.
I will remind her of seeing you on Jan 15 and Jan 25 for her make-up PE classes.
YJ has to see Mr. Pxxx as you see his message below.
I hope that someone or you can come with her when seeing Mr. Pxx to help her communicate with him.
I’d appreciate if you could find someone for YJ.
Oh, I told YJ this morning that she has to see you today after school.
Mrs. xx..
YJ leaves her school agenda in her room for months, and I think this is not a good idea for a student like my niece.
I’ve advised her many times to bring it with her when she goes to school, but she leaves it home.
I don’t like to nag her, so I always talk to her nicely.
She seems to highly respect me; however, she sometimes forgets doing things that she has to do at home and the school, which I can’t help her.
I wish I were her mother, so I can lead her to have better and more effective life.
Mrs. xx..
I have been so much passionate about education entire my life since very young age.
I think it is not everything of studying hard in our life.
People often open their eyes to studying at different age.
However I believe that taking our responsibility is very important.
YJ is a lovely and good girl, but I hope that she takes her responsibility seriously as a student.
I never say study to her; if I do that, I probably go crazy.
I love her very much as my niece, which, I think, is the only thing that I can give her during her stay in Canada.
On the other hand, YJ has many good characters.
I have learned such good things from her.
She is very good at reading people’s mind and treating very young children.
She has thought me how to treat kids well.
She loves little children.
I think she will be an excellent kindergarten teacher in the future in Korea if she studies the field.
I gave her a chance to volunteer at a kindergarten near my home.
Christmas is in the corner.
I hope you enjoy wonderful Christmas holidays!
XX