What Your Child Should Know By the End of Kindergarten
Every Skill Your Kindergartner Needs to Know by the End of the Year, Direct from Teachers
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After listening to a simple story, Ruth said that a kindergartner should be able to retell and sequence the events and make predictions about what might happen. La Prelle wants her kindergartners to be able to answer the "W" questions after hearing a short text: who, what, when, where, and why. Both teachers emphasised reading aloud and talking about the story as an important way to help children develop this ability.