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The Bakersfield Californian Sunday, July 22, 2012
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Transitional kindergarten symbolizes steppingstone for preschoolers
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s a mother, I was sense. excited to hear that As a mother, I said where schools in our comdo we sign up? munity were looking As a teacher, I immediately to add a transitional wanted to know more about kindergarten class this extra grade because of the succalled transitional cess of my two-yearkindergarten that old son at his prewas starting up all school. Just a month over the state of Calago, we took my son, ifornia — and I Beaux, to his first wanted to teach it. Disneyland trip and Many thought I was he was pointing out crazy when I began octagons and diateaching junior high monds the entire English, and when I time. Even the Disapplied to teach this neyland employees unknown grade peowere impressed at ple really believed I his application of was crazy. preschool knowledge Crazy? Yes! I was Education columnist in the most over crazy with excitestimulating theme ment to begin a new park in the world. wave of education that has a My son is just a two-year-old goal to help prepare students at a preschool, so why wouldto be our world's future leadn't transitional kindergarten ers. I spent two days with 20 taught by credentialed educateachers, who together had tors at public schools be an over 300 years of teaching amazing stepping stone for experience, preparing to teach any child? To give children the this new wave of students. ability to excel in elementary What is transitional kinderschool where assessments garten? The Kindergarten measure their abilities to sucReadiness Act of 2010 is ceed in the world just makes changing the kindergarten
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Beaux Martin, 2, peruses his mother Lana Martin’s classroom library. Martin will teach transitional kindergarten this fall in the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District.
entry date from December 2 to September 1 to ensure that children entering kindergarten are five-year-olds. This
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change will take place over the next three years. Transitional kindergarten is the first year of a two-year
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N E W S L E T T E R S From left, fifth graders Madison Hicks, Micah Paulsness, Tyler Smith and Sydnee Choat are just a few of many fourth, fifth and sixth grade students at Beardsley Elementary School who have spent weeks making quilts and cozy blankets that will be turned over to Project Linus for children who are sick or have been traumatized. Fourth grade teacher Susan Cobb organized the student effort at the school in 2010.
Help wrap someone with love during ‘Make a Blanket Day’ BY MICHELE WILLIS Community contributor
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roject Linus will host its annual “Community Make A Blanket Day” on September 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5500 Fruitvale Ave. Homemade blankets will be provided to local children in need. Here is how you can help: °Bring fabric/materials/scissors and help us make blankets *You may bring handmade completed blankets ready to donate *Fabric (1 1/2 yd lengths) batting and yarn may be donated (flannel, cotton and fleece are accepted as well) *NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. Any help is appreciated *Project Linus welcomes all styles of blankets — crocheted, knitted, quilted or fleece
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July marks time for patriotism, volunteerism BY MICHELE WILLIS Community contributor
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PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHELE WILLIS
Savanna May with her father Greg May in 2007 is proud of her blanket she received from Project Linus a couple years ago after she was involved in a accident.
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Let your plants do the talking when it comes to pest control
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kindergarten program for four-year-olds (those not meeting the entry date age) and young five-year-old learners (those not ready with the skills needed to enter kindergarten). It has a modified kindergarten curriculum taught by credentialed teachers that gives special attention to the over-all development of the student in preparation for kindergarten. In simple terms, it is a program that gives our children the extra time to master the tools they need to succeed in school. California State Senator, Joe Simitian states: “Today’s kindergarten classroom is a much different place than most of us experienced. We’re placing real academic demands on our kids, and the youngest are struggling to keep up. The evidence shows that giving these younger kindergarteners an extra year can make a big difference in their long-term success.” Transitional kindergarten allows parents the option to help their children be better prepared for kindergarten. Whether you are a parent or an educator, the program just makes sense. Lana Martin will teach Transitional Kindergarten in the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District this fall. Parents can contact their local school district to see if this program is available.
f something is going on with your plants, cut off a small branch with good and bad foliage, place it in a plastic bag and zip it up — this way “every one” stays in the bag — and then bring it into the nursery. Your plant can tell us much more than you can — so bring it with you. At Robby’s we can diagnose what’s wrong and give you a treatment schedule. Remember, just running out and spraying with something at random usually doesn’t solve the problem. This week’s gardening tip is from Kathy Robinson of Robby’s Nursery. Do YOU have a gardening tip you’d like to share with our readers? Post your gardening tips and photos of your garden on our web site at: www. bakersfieldvoice.com.
love July! I love being Patriotic and remembering our founding fathers and all those that have given of themselves to make America a great country. I went and saw Kirk Cameron’s movie “Monumental” (it was great, by the way) and he reminded me of the Puritans and how they came to America and through all of the hardships on the Mayflower and all of the illnesses that they had coming here that they never gave up. Then when they got here, it was so bitter cold that most of the mothers covered their children with their bodies to protect them so they wouldn’t die from exposure. That first winter half of the pioneers that came died and the Captain of the Mayflower said that he was going back and who was going with him. Not one of those people were willing to go back because they knew that they had found a great country. I’m related to one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence — and I am thankful that community service has been part of my family even back then. My mother, even in a wheelchair, taught me the importance of community service. She was the director of the Independent Living Center here in Bakersfield for many years. She taught me how to serve others and while she could of very easily had a “poor me” attitude she lost herself in the service of others. She taught me to sew clothes for myself and to quilt. We would make gingerbread houses at Christmas time and give them away. One of the best ways of forgetting our troubles is losing ourselves in the
service of others. I can say that this has worked for me so many times. I am so uplifted every time I do something for someone else and lose myself in a service project. I feel so much better at the end of the day. I love coming to our weekly and monthly Project Linus social events because I am so uplifted with what everyone is doing and participating in. For more information or to read the chapter’s entire monthly newsletter go to: wraw.project linusbakersfield.com or www.projectlinusfresno.com; call: 589-1854 or email: mwillis@projectlinusbakersfield.com or mwillis@projectlinusfresno.com. Michele Willis is the Chapter Coordinator for Project Linus in Bakersfield, Fresno and the Kern and Tulare County areas. Project Linus has been in existence nationwide for about 16 years with over 375 chapters. The Kern County chapter started as of December 2005. Project Linus is a volunteer organization. It’s mission is to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer "blanketeers." It is also is an opportunity for interested individuals and groups in local communities to come together for the benefit of children. Project Linus has donated more than 3,800,296 blankets worldwide as of March 31, 2011. All blankets stay in the local communities unless there is a disaster and we have the resources to help the children in the other areas.
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