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Transitional Kindergarten with Debra Weller – Live from the Trenches!

Teaching Transitional Kindergarten and looking for helpful tips and ideas?  The California Kindergarten Association’s got you covered with lots of activities, organizational tips and more – coming to you from our own President Elect, Debra Weller.  She’s taken on the challenge of Transitional Kindergarten this year and is here to share!  Check back often for regular updates from her classroom.

While you’re here – stay awhile!  Take a look at our Tuesday Teaching Tips, there’s a whole area of our website devoted to Transitional Kindergarten, and a Members Only section (but first make sure you join the California Kindergarten Association).  Most of all, we’d love to hear from you!  When you’re done checking out Debra’s awesome ideas, would you please take a moment and share some of your expertise with us?  What’s in the works in your Transitional Kindergarten?  How’s your year shaping up?  We would love to know what you and your students are keeping busy with these days.

So, without further ado, we present to you the first installment from Debra’s Transitional Kindergarten classroom.

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California updated Education Code Section 48000[d] to refine the definition of a developmentally appropriate transitional kindergarten (TK) curriculum, removing the phrase "modified kindergarten" to eliminate confusion.

The revised standard explicitly defines TK curriculum around a strengths- and play-based approach aligned with the Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations (PTKLF), tailored to children's developmental stages, home languages, and cultural backgrounds.

To support implementation across school districts, the California Department of Education provides evaluation toolkits, principal checklists, and instructional material adoption standards that emphasize playful, child-directed learning over traditional worksheets.
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HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?!? 👇🏼WORTH THE READ!!👇🏼 How do YOU feel about this?California updated Education Code Section 48000[d] to refine the definition of a developmentally appropriate transitional kindergarten (TK) curriculum, removing the phrase "modified kindergarten" to eliminate confusion.The revised standard explicitly defines TK curriculum around a strengths- and play-based approach aligned with the Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations (PTKLF), tailored to children's developmental stages, home languages, and cultural backgrounds.To support implementation across school districts, the California Department of Education provides evaluation toolkits, principal checklists, and instructional material adoption standards that emphasize playful, child-directed learning over traditional worksheets.bit.ly/DAPinTK ...

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