What kind of questions does a kindergarten teacher ask the child during the kindergarten entrance interview?

Question

Yeah, I know....what is your favorite color...I am sure is some of the answers that smarty people on here will give :-), but a friend of mine has a daughter who was asked some hard questions for her age and the teacher told her mom that she wasn't ready for kindergarten.

I am sure I am just over analyzing all of this. My daughter can write, read and count to 150, but I am still nervous because I want her to have a great interview, like the teachers, and be put in great classes.

Any other moms stressing about this?

Answer 1

Don't stress!  It's just so they have an idea of what your daughter already knows.  My daughter was in K last year....her entrance test consisted of identifying alphabet letters and numbers....identifying shapes.....umm, she had to draw a stick person (she lost 2 pts because she didn't draw ears or hair!)....

My daughter is advanced and I wanted her to go in last year and do perfectly and wow them....she missed 3 things (she confused her lowercase q and g)....but ya know, she did an awesome job in kindergarten and that test didn't make them think less of her...in fact, they were amazed that she was that far.  if your daughter can read and write, she will have a GREAT year!

Answer 2

I think you need to convince the examiner that you're extremely wealthy and prone to donating a lot of money to the private schools that educate your child.  Most kindergartners don't know their parents' net worth, but perhaps you should start there.

Seriously, I assume you're public school educated and just prone to peer pressure?

If I'm wrong and you live somewhere that there are atrocious public schools and you're really just trying to save her life, then you should post this question on a board more populated with people with prep school educations. (LinkedIn springs to mind.)

For the record, I did actually attend a prep school as well as a public school. My son has also attended both private and public schools. But if your daughter isn't ready, then she isn't ready.

"Fake it until you make it" should not be applied to 5 year olds! As a parent, you need to develop a backbone and do what's right for your child, not what makes you look good in front of the other moms.  

Answer 3

I stressed about it too because my son was entering Kindergarten this year. I think it has to do with us letting them go a little too. If you are like me you will be standing at the door watching them for a while just to make sure all is A-O-K.

Don't listen to the rude ignorant people on here. 9 out of 10 times, from what I have seen is they are sad inferior people who feel the need to pull others down. Scenaria~~~ you need to relax and let go of what ever evil is inside you that makes you answer questions the way that you do. Maybe it is your public school education, and lack of college education that had you miss the day they explained "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all."

Scenaria more than likely verbally abuses her kids too. It is pretty sad lady.

Babyluv, I wish you luck in your little ones first year. She sounds ahead of her game and has a lovely caring mom, which that indeed puts her ahead of mothers like Scenaria's kids.

Answer 4

I didn't stress about it - I didn't think about it before we went. Ours wasn't so much an assessment as getting to know the parents and the child and what name she likes to go by, what her fears are and if she has any special needs.

Don't put pressure on her with your nervousness - she'll be fine.