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Transition To Kindergarten : A Project For The Grinnell-Newburg School District, Donna Godar
Transition To Kindergarten : A Project For The Grinnell-Newburg School District, Donna Godar
Graduate Research Papers
This project looked at the following research questions:
How can schools establish a strong transition plan for students entering kindergarten?
What information would be valuable to evaluate and revise a kindergarten transition plan for the benefit of all parties involved?
In order to answer these questions, current literature was reviewed looking at all parties involved in the transition to kindergarten: children, families, schools, and the community. The path to the project included collaboration initially with kindergarten and preschool staff and led to the final development of the project collaborating with two community members, a preschool laboratory director and a scholar …