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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Teachers are there to help kids, but kids also need to learn to solve their own problems. "I'd like them to first try and solve the problem with their peer and if they can't, come to an adult to talk to," La Prelle said. She suggested that parents model how to resolve conflict and talk to kids about their own feelings. She also noted that "5-year-olds sometimes need to be told how they're feeling," and gave this example of what an adult might say to guide a child: "I see your face is upset so I think you are feeling mad and you wanted attention so you hit your friend. How can you get their attention instead of hitting?'"