Kindergarten Quotes

“From her desk, she observed Willy demonstrating his ability to blow snot bubbles out of his slightly runny nose. Emma politely ignored him; Maggie’s face showed disgust at his grossness; Harley giggled; and competitive Joseph tried his best, with no luck, to make something, anything come out of his nose.”
― Cricket Rohman, Wanted: An Honest Man

“It is a healthy approach not to expect persons to turn out precisely how you would have wished.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“Zeb was kindergarten teacher--a good one. I always thought it was because he was the same emotional age as his students.”
― Molly Harper, Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs

“I’m not concerned about your comfort zone or readiness for change. I’m concerned about the kids who just entered Kindergarten.”
― Ian Jukes

“On my first day of kindergarten:

"You thought it was hard? If kindergarten is busting your ass, I got some bad news for you about the rest of life.”
― halpern, justin

“Only grown-ups would say boots were for keeping feet dry. Anyone in kindergarten knew that a girl should wear shiny red or white boots on the first rainy day, not to keep her feet dry, but to show off. That’s what boots were for – showing off, wading, splashing, stamping.”
― Beverly Cleary, Ramona the Pest

“Do you remember the first day that we met? It was- it was the first day of kindergarten. I knew nobody. I had no friends, and I just felt so alone and so scared…but I saw you on the swings, and you were alone, too. And I just walked up to you, and I asked. I asked if you wanted to be my friend. And you said yes. You said yes. It was the best thing I’ve ever done.”
― Michael Wheeler

“This framing accents the importance of building a tidier system, one that incorporates the array of existing child care centers, then pushes to make their classrooms more uniform, with a socialization agenda "aligned" with the curricular content that first or second graders are expected to know. Like the common school movement, uniform indicators of quality, centralized regulation, more highly credientialed teachers are to ensure that instruction--rather than creating engaging activities for children to explore--will be delivered in more uniform ways. And the state signals to parents that this is now the appropriate way to raise one's three- or four-year-old. Modern child rearing is equated with systems building in the eyes of universal pre-kindergarten advocates--and parents hear this discourse through upbeat articles in daily newspapers, public service annoucement, and from school authorities.”
― Bruce Fuller, Standardized Childhood: The Political and Cultural Struggle over Early Education

“On my first day of kindergarten, I bit a kid. Hard. In my defense, he deserved it.”
― Kat Kruger, The Night Has Teeth

“What would your shoes say about the things you do everyday?”
― Sherley Mondesir-Prescott, If Your Shoes Could Speak

“Nothing infuriated Ramona more than having a grown-up say, as if she could not hear, that she was worn out.”
― Beverly Cleary, Ramona the Pest

“Miss Binney stood in front of her class and began to read aloud from Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, a book that was a favorite of Ramona’s because, unlike so many books for her age, it was neither quiet and sleepy nor sweet and pretty.”
― Beverly Cleary, Ramona the Pest

“Miss Binney was not like most grown-ups. Miss Binney understood.”
― Beverly Cleary, Ramona the Pest

“Lila walked by with her nose in the air. In a straight line behind her, six obedient kindergartners waddled like baby geese, singing in unison, 'Row, row, row your yacht...”
― Francine Pascal, The Boyfriend War

“The notion of children being "kindergarten ready" is a bizarre oxymoron. It's like saying you have to know how to play the piano before you can learn how to play the piano.”
― Peter Campbell

“We were all different shapes, sizes, and colors. But, we were all kindergartners and we all were excited.
_Banicia

Mr. Shipman;s Kindergarten Chronicles: The First Day of School”
― Terance Shipman, Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: December Celebrations: December Holidays

“When Ramona made a great big noisy fuss, she usually got her own way. Great big noisy fusses were often necessary when a girl was the youngest member of the family and the youngest person on her block.”
― Beverly Cleary

“Ramona, who did not mean to pester her mother, could not see why grown-ups had to be so slow.”
― Beverly Cleary, Ramona the Pest

“IF YOUR CHILD IS READY FOR FIRST GRADE: 1979 EDITION

1. Will your child be six years, six months or older when he begins first grade and starts receiving reading instruction?
2. Does your child have two to five permanent or second teeth?
3. Can your child tell, in such a way that his speech is understood by a school crossing guard or policeman, where he lives?
4. Can he draw and color and stay within the lines of the design being colored?
5. Can he stand on one foot with eyes closed for five to ten seconds?
6. Can he ride a small two-wheeled bicycle without helper wheels?
7. Can he tell left hand from right?
8. Can he travel alone in the neighborhood (four to eight blocks) to store, school, playground, or to a friend's home?
9. Can he be away from you all day without being upset?
10. Can he repeat an eight- to ten-word sentence, if you say it once, as "The boy ran all the way home from the store"?
11. Can he count eight to ten pennies correctly?
12. Does your child try to write or copy letters or numbers?”
― Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure

“We need to reframe our way of thinking. We shouldn't be thinking will Johnny be ready for Kindergarten. Instead we should be asking will his new school be ready for him?”
― Jill Telford

“Employers babysit parents while their children are at school.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Kindergarten is a big year, Dewayne! I know you’ll do great!” Banicia encouraged, and she wrapped her arm around his shoulder, giving him a hug. “Hey mom,” she yelled towards the kitchen, “who’s his teacher anyways?”
― Terance Shipman, Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: December Celebrations: December Holidays

“With captivating illustrations and an imaginative storyline, The First Day of School by Dr. Terance Shipman is a must-have for any child who is about to start school.
Jedlie”
― Terance Shipman, Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: December Celebrations: December Holidays

“With captivating illustrations and an imaginative storyline, The First Day of School by Dr. Terance Shipman is a must-have for any child who is about to start school.
Jedlie
Boston, MA USA”
― Terance Shipman, Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: The First Day of School

“You know it’s a great read when you can relate to the characters in the book. My kids are all grown up now. However, I am always looking for good reads to give as gifts to my family, friends, and their little ones. This book brought back memories for me. I remember the first day of school when I dropped my kids off. I think I had more anxiety than they did. Thank goodness there was a teacher much like Mr. Shipman that helped me cope. This is a great read for new parents, teachers, students , and more. I hope you enjoy “The First Day Of School as much as I did and more.

Sondra Stinson-Robinson”
― Terance Shipman, Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: The First Day of School

“I love this book. It is a great book for any age to read. It brings back memories of
my first day of kindergarten. Also it's a good book to help your child overcome fear
of the first day.

-Adrienne Swain”
― Terance Shipman, Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: The First Day of School

“I won a Kindle copy of this book on Goodreads Giveaways. Sweet book about what to expect the first day of Kindergarten. Helps take the scariness out of the unknown. Very well done.
-Cheryl”
― Terance Shipman, Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: The First Day of School

“We need to reframe our way of thinking. We shouldn't be asking will Johnny be ready for Kindergarten? Instead we should be asking ourselves if we are ready for him.”
― Jill Telford

“In preschool we remain largely free from prejudice and associate with anyone who crosses our path – giving them the opportunity to impress us with their personality traits and skills before passing judgment on them in the ultimate sense: deciding whether to befriend them.”
― Joshua Krook, Us vs Them: A Case for Social Empathy

“The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn't need to be reformed -- it needs to be transformed. The key to this transformation is not to standardize education, but to personalize it, to build achievement on discovering the individual talents of each child, to put students in an environment where they want to learn and where they can naturally discover their true passions.”
― Ken Robinson, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything