Kindergarten

Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions of
students and parents.

1. How do I buy hot lunch?
2. How much do they cost?
3. Do kindergarten students need extra money for snacks?
4. When is the alphabet book coming home?
5. What should I do if my child writes numbers and letters backwards?
6. Does Kindergarten have a gift exchange for Christmas?
7. Sometimes my child writes numbers and letters backwards. What to do?

How do I buy hot lunch?

Lunch order forms are sent home monthly? Students order for the month.

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How much do they cost?

have to look that up ... I don't remember

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Do kindergarten students need extra money for snacks?

Kindergarten students are discourged from buying snacks at lunch.

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When is the alphabet book coming home?

October 3
Giving some thought to this question and weighting the benefits of the project
has delayed my decision has to when to begin this task.

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What should I do if my child writes numbers and letters backwards?

Be patient.

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Does Kindergarten have a gift exchange for Christmas?

No, the homeroom mothers take care of the gifts.

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Sometimes my child writes numbers and letters backwards. What to do?

There is absolutely no reason to be alarmed at this in a kindergarten child,
and it is completely normal. Between the ages of four and six, most children
go through a phase of writing numbers, letters, and even whole words
backwards. One of the major concepts that the developing child works on at
this age is differentiating right from left. It is a complex visuo-spatial
function, and most children don't truly have it down pat until age seven or
so. Thus it is not uncommon for children in kindergarten and even first grade
to get some of their numbers and letters backwards. The ones that you
mentioned are the classic ones that kids confuse: 2, 5, and S. Other common
ones are 7, and R

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