Contents: Getting the most for your kindergartner; Kindergarten development; kindergarten learning; the standards; kindergarten reading, kindergarten writing, kindergarten math; kindergarten scince; kindergarten social studies; teaching your kindergarten thinking skills; assessment; kindergarten society; moving on to first grade.
Social studies is a basic subject of the K-12 curriculum that (1) derives its goals from the nature of citizenship in a democratic society that is closely linked to other nations and peoples of the world; (2) draws its content primarily from history, the social sciensces, and in some respects, from the humanities and science; and (3) is taught in ways that reflect an awareness of the personal,…