Toddlers, like every regular school-age kids are excited to go to school as the pre-school comes in full swing. Since summer is officially over, it's about time that kids start to make brand new memories this school year.
In line with this, parent-teacher conferences will be rampant. Unfortunately, experts noted some parents of these lovable preschoolers have doubted about its importance, even questioning whether these conferences are worth their while.
Many parents know that toddlers are always growing, developing and learning. Hence, attending these parent-teacher conferences are as important as other parent-teacher meetings lining up this school year.
With that said, KinderCare teachers all over the United States organize parent-teachers conferences twice a year to share and talk about the growth and development of these toddlers. This campaign of the 1969-founded for-profit childcare and early childhood education facilities aims to let the parent know that they can work hand in hand in the holistic growth of the child.
So, what are the developmental milestones usually discussed in a Pre-K parent-teacher conferences? According to the Healthy Children blog post, potty training, language development and social skills are among the topics discussed in the conference. So, how important are these Pre-K parent-teacher conferences?
These conferences are competent tool for parents to notice how their toddlers advance or progress with other co-toddlers. In addition, conferences are also vital as it becomes a venue for parents to share the developments they notice at home with their child's teacher.
Even before your baby says his or her first word, he or she has already started to communicate with you through their movements, smiles, sounds and looks. These growth and developmental milestones are also the certain things that are noticeable at certain ages.
As for some guidelines when it comes to child general development, the following are explained as: babies can already say 1 word, they also can wave bye, take turns in talking with you and they pay attention on how you speak and babble the sounds, when you point to something, their attention is on the thing you are pointing. Most toddlers ages 1 and 2, on the other hand, can follow simple instructions,
This particular age group also bring objects to show, point to an object so that parents could name them and learn 1 word per week. Whereas kids age between 2 and 3 can already name body parts and things they usually see, say two-word sentences and most of the time, they can be understood by others.