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2 The Bakersfield Californian Sunday, July 22, 2012
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Y O U R S C H O O L S
As a mother, I wasexcited to hear thatschools in our com-munity were lookingto add a transitional
kindergarten classbecause of the suc-cess of my two-year-old son at his pre-school. Just a monthago, we took my son,Beaux, to his firstDisneyland trip andhe was pointing outoctagons and dia-monds the entiretime. Even the Dis-neyland employeeswere impressed athis application ofpreschool knowledgein the most overstimulating themepark in the world.
My son is just a two-year-oldat a preschool, so why would-n't transitional kindergartentaught by credentialed educa-tors at public schools be anamazing stepping stone forany child? To give children theability to excel in elementaryschool where assessmentsmeasure their abilities to suc-ceed in the world just makes
sense.As a mother, I said where
do we sign up?As a teacher, I immediately
wanted to know more aboutthis extra gradecalled transitionalkindergarten thatwas starting up allover the state of Cal-ifornia — and Iwanted to teach it.Many thought I wascrazy when I beganteaching junior highEnglish, and when Iapplied to teach thisunknown grade peo-ple really believed Iwas crazy.
Crazy? Yes! I wascrazy with excite-ment to begin a new
wave of education that has agoal to help prepare studentsto be our world's future lead-ers. I spent two days with 20teachers, who together hadover 300 years of teachingexperience, preparing to teachthis new wave of students.
What is transitional kinder-garten? The KindergartenReadiness Act of 2010 ischanging the kindergarten
entry date from December 2to September 1 to ensure thatchildren entering kinder-garten are five-year-olds. This
change will take place overthe next three years.
Transitional kindergarten isthe first year of a two-year
kindergarten program forfour-year-olds (those notmeeting the entry date age)and young five-year-old learn-ers (those not ready with theskills needed to enter kinder-garten). It has a modifiedkindergarten curriculumtaught by credentialed teach-ers that gives special attentionto the over-all development ofthe student in preparation forkindergarten. In simple terms,it is a program that gives ourchildren the extra time tomaster the tools they need tosucceed in school.
California State Senator, JoeSimitian states: “Today’skindergarten classroom is amuch different place thanmost of us experienced. We’replacing real academicdemands on our kids, and theyoungest are struggling tokeep up. The evidence showsthat giving these youngerkindergarteners an extra yearcan make a big difference intheir long-term success.”
Transitional kindergartenallows parents the option tohelp their children be betterprepared for kindergarten.Whether you are a parent oran educator, the program justmakes sense.
Lana Martin will teachTransitional Kindergarten inthe Panama-Buena VistaUnion School District this fall.Parents can contact theirlocal school district to see ifthis program is available.
BY MICHELE WILLISCommunity contributor
Project Linuswill host itsannual “Com-munity Make ABlanket Day”
on September 8 from 9a.m. to 2 p.m. at theChurch of Jesus Christof Latter-day Saints,5500 Fruitvale Ave.Homemade blanketswill be provided to localchildren in need.
Here is how you can
help:
°Bring fabric/materi-als/scissors and help usmake blankets
*You may bringhandmade completedblankets ready todonate
*Fabric (1 1/2 ydlengths) batting andyarn may be donated(flannel, cotton andfleece are accepted aswell)
*NO EXPERIENCENECESSARY. Any helpis appreciated
*Project Linus wel-comes all styles of blan-kets — crocheted, knit-ted, quilted or fleece
If something is going on with your plants, cut off a small branch with goodand bad foliage, place it in a plastic bag and zip it up — this way “everyone” stays in the bag — and then bring it into the nursery. Your plant cantell us much more than you can — so bring it with you.
At Robby’s we can diagnose what’s wrong and give you a treatmentschedule. Remember, just running out and spraying with something at randomusually doesn’t solve the problem.
This week’s gardening tip is from Kathy Robinson of Robby’s Nursery. DoYOU have a gardening tip you’d like to share with our readers? Post your gar-dening tips and photos of your garden on our web site at: www. bakersfield-voice.com.
July marks time for patriotism,volunteerism
Help wrap someone with loveduring ‘Make a Blanket Day’
Let your plants do the talking when itcomes to pest control
BY MICHELE WILLISCommunity contributor
Ilove July! I love being Patrioticand remembering our foundingfathers and all those that havegiven of themselves to makeAmerica a great country.
I went and saw Kirk Cameron’smovie “Monumental” (it was great, bythe way) and he reminded me of thePuritans and how they came to Ameri-ca and through all of the hardships onthe Mayflower and all of the illnessesthat they had coming here that theynever gave up. Then when they gothere, it was so bitter cold that most ofthe mothers covered their childrenwith their bodies to protect them sothey wouldn’t die from exposure. Thatfirst winter half of the pioneers thatcame died and the Captain of theMayflower said that he was goingback and who was going with him. Notone of those people were willing to goback because they knew that they hadfound a great country.
I’m related to one of the signers ofthe Declaration of Independence —and I am thankful that communityservice has been part of my familyeven back then. My mother, even in awheelchair, taught me the importanceof community service. She was thedirector of the Independent LivingCenter here in Bakersfield for manyyears. She taught me how to serveothers and while she could of veryeasily had a “poor me” attitude shelost herself in the service of others.She taught me to sew clothes formyself and to quilt. We would makegingerbread houses at Christmas timeand give them away.
One of the best ways of forgettingour 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 dosomething for someone else and losemyself in a service project. I feel somuch better at the end of the day.
I love coming to our weekly andmonthly Project Linus social eventsbecause I am so uplifted with whateveryone is doing and participating in.
For more information or to read thechapter’s entire monthly newslettergo to: wraw.projectlinusbakersfield.com or www.pro-jectlinusfresno.com; call: 589-1854 oremail: [email protected] or [email protected].
Michele Willis is the Chapter Coor-dinator for Project Linus in Bakers-field, Fresno and the Kern and TulareCounty areas. Project Linus has beenin existence nationwide for about 16years with over 375 chapters. TheKern County chapter started as ofDecember 2005. Project Linus is avolunteer organization. It’s mission isto provide love, a sense of security,warmth and comfort to children whoare seriously ill, traumatized, or oth-erwise in need through the gifts ofnew, handmade blankets andafghans, lovingly created by volunteer"blanketeers." It is also is an opportu-nity for interested individuals andgroups in local communities to cometogether for the benefit of children.
Project Linus has donated morethan 3,800,296 blankets worldwide asof March 31, 2011. All blankets stayin the local communities unless thereis a disaster and we have theresources to help the children in theother areas.
Y O U R N E W S L E T T E R SE X T R A E X T R A
Y O U R W E E K L YG A R D E N I N G T I P
PROVIDED PHOTO
Beaux Martin, 2, peruses his mother Lana Martin’s classroomlibrary. Martin will teach transitional kindergarten this fall in thePanama-Buena Vista Union School District.
From left, fifth graders Madi-son Hicks, Micah Paulsness,Tyler Smith and Sydnee Choatare just a few of many fourth,fifth and sixth grade studentsat Beardsley ElementarySchool who have spent weeksmaking quilts and cozy blan-kets that will be turned overto Project Linus for childrenwho are sick or have beentraumatized. Fourth gradeteacher Susan Cobb organ-ized the student effort at theschool in 2010.
HENRY A. BARRIOS / CALIFORNIAN FILE
PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHELE WILLIS
Savanna May with her father Greg May in 2007 is proudof her blanket she received from Project Linus a coupleyears ago after she was involved in a accident.
LANAMARTINEducation columnist
Transitional kindergartensymbolizes steppingstonefor preschoolers
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