A few weeks ago I went to a meeting at the kids’ school about the Kindergarten Readiness Test or KRT. Apparently this is a mandatory test in Ohio (not sure what other states do it too) that my oldest will need to take next year in order to go into the Kindergarten program at her school. I’m not super worried about Briana passing the test, not just because I think that Briana is a smart little girl, but also because she goes to a school that has bothered to host a parent meeting on the topic, which leads me to believe that they are doing all that they can to prepare the kids for this test. That being said, while I don’t believe in drilling my kids, I do believe in preparing them. So after the meeting I googled the test and soaked up everything I could find out on it. The best resources were actually on the state site: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=1366&ContentID=3930&Content=117686 ...
I am teaching my kids everything from math to reading to manners, and blogging about our weekly thinking cap adventures.