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153. No Letter or Number Knowledge What Now
If a student has come to you with little to no letter or number knowledge and your first instinct is to panic, this episode is here to help you take a breath and make a plan instead. Kids arrive in kindergarten from different places, and not knowing letters or numbers is not a crisis, it is a starting point.
In this episode, I share:
why a child arriving with no letter or number knowledge is not something to panic about, and what your job is when that happens
how to figure out what a student does know so you can meet them exactly where they are instead of focusing only on the gaps
where to…
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