CorpusRecord 11215

Voices of Kindergarten

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Source
YouTube / Arlington Educational Television
Date
2026-03-04
Location
Arlington County, VA
Material
Transcript
Extent
309 words · about 2 min
Collected
2026-06-03

Transcript

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001My favorite thing is math. Math groups. It's math groups, reading groups, and some the names of the groups are named like weird food names. I have no idea why. There's games and we play the games. Some are partner games and some are not partner games. 60 + 60 = 120. I could do the hard ones, too. And the easy ones. >> My favorite part of kindergarten is um having fun at recess. >> When my teacher gives me jobs to do. >> You get to make friends and you get to learn with with your teachers. >> I get to learn new stuff. We get to learn like new stuff in science. >> My favorite thing is morning meeting. >> I like the counting we do. >> Reading books. I love reading because it makes me happy

002and it helps my brain grow. And I also love Cala because um their stories. >> I like like to write and stuff >> like in drawing letters and other stuff and drawing sentences. >> So I really like that. >> I write a paper and then I write some more papers and then I turn it into a book. a lot of fun things on your head. >> I would tell them that kindergarten is fun. >> Okay. First, you can get breakfast here. >> You can do it. >> It's not scary. >> You don't need to be scared. >> Do it. It'll be fine. >> I could walk with you to school. >> How many hugs? >> And give you a hug if you would like. >> Repeat after. >> I was nervous, but I I got

003I got friend too. >> I was going in a new cat class and there was new people. They had name tags. Then I knew everybody's name and that made me less nervous. So, the advice that I would say is let's count our dots. Ready? >> Your teachers are going to be really nice to you and you're going to do fun things in kindergarten and you're going to be really happy when you make new friends. I think skills that are important for kindergarteners, you know, things parents can work on are self-help skills like being able to zip their own jacket, pack their backpacks, open their lunch items, um, and ask for help. Understanding that, you know, if you can't do something, you can ask for help. There are lots of adults here that are here to

004support and help us be successful. >> Hey, um, >> don't be scared. Kindergarten is fun.

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