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“Junior” kindergarten provides a transition for children
- 11-09-2010
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By Hailey Persinger/San Diego Union-Tribune
One of the two kindergarten classrooms at Marvin Elementary looks a lot like the kindergarten of 15 years ago — a sand table sits in the corner, student drawings are strung along one wall and two dozen four- and five-year-olds shuffle around to different themed stations. In the kindergarten class next door, children sit in neat rows and spend the day concentrating on letters, numbers and mastery of both. The first classroom is the site of Marvin’s junior kindergarten program, a class that focuses on preparing children for the academic rigors they’ll face next year in the type of classroom found just one door over. (more…)
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