Dr. Karen Wilson
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835 appearances
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first heard Jan 2020
last heard Apr 2025
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And that time spent in kind of structured activities versus play-based learning is really important.
So you know what your child's day will look like and whether that's a good fit given your child's strengths and also your child's areas of weakness.
So I think those are important things to consider when you're determining
whether the school is a good fit.
Are they equipped to work with kids who think differently, feel differently?
Are they equipped to work with kids who may have not had a preschool experience or may have gone to a play-based preschool and now you're thinking about a very academic elementary school for your child?
So again, the mismatch between your expectations and the child's expectations is an important factor to consider when deciding where to send your child for kindergarten.
I think, again, it's such an important thing to consider.
And parents often don't know where to begin.
They don't want to disclose too much because, again, like you're saying, they don't want to have the new teachers have these preconceived notions about how a child is going to be in the classroom.
And you want to set your child up for success.
And I think having that conversation with a preschool teacher is very important.
But you also want to give your child the best opportunity to
to be successful in kindergarten and i'm hearing you say what a lot of educators have told many parents of kids who think differently that they'll grow out of it or he's just a boy i just finished giving a talk about this he's just a boy he'll grow out of it or she's just a girl or she's just shy and oftentimes the rationalizations that we say are often keeping parents from moving forward with getting kids the right support that they need in order to be successful
And so a good conversation to have with preschool teachers and even with a pediatrician, if there are concerns with language development, for example, I'm going to use that as an example, then you may not need to alert teachers that you have a concern, but it may be something that you might want to consider doing some language therapy or getting a language assessment done before entering kindergarten so that you can do the work that's needed
to give your child the support they need when they enter kindergarten.
So that may be something to consider.
Because the fact is that one in five kids will have some differences in learning, communicating, motor development, or processing information.
And so educators are used to seeing kids who think differently, who experience the world differently, but they differ in their ability to support those kids.
And so I think it's important to
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