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Central Washington University

Kindergarten

All Master's Theses

1971

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A Study Of Reading In The Kindergartens Of Washington State, Valara Caroline Minear May 1971

A Study Of Reading In The Kindergartens Of Washington State, Valara Caroline Minear

All Master's Theses

A study was made to discover the attitudes of kindergarten teachers in the state of Washington toward teaching reading in kindergarten, and the actual practices used to teach reading.


Relationship Between School Success And Physical And Familial Factors Of Kindergarteners, Linda Marie Baker Jan 1971

Relationship Between School Success And Physical And Familial Factors Of Kindergarteners, Linda Marie Baker

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Teachers in elementary schools often assert that they could teach more successfully if no child under six years of age was admitted to first grade. While teaching kindergarten this writer also found many parents of kindergarten age children quite concerned about the "best" age for their child to enter kindergarten. Besides age there seemed to be concern in other areas such as physical size, coordination, and emotional maturity. However, most school districts in Washington set chronological age as the major requirement for school admission. The problem to be investigated in this study was to determine the relationship, if any, between …