children finish elemtary school
when they are in fifth or sixth grade
(aged 11 or 12)
successful completion of elementary
education students can then go onto
middle school (aged 11 or 12)
children start elementary
school when they are five or
six years old
A child's ability to move from one year to the
next is based on their achievement of specified
skills. If these are not met then a child is
expected to repeat the year.
first year of primary education. Children
start kindergarten at the age of 5 years
Pre kindergarden
This is an optional part of a child's education which is for children aged three to five years.
These two years are believed to be a crucial part of a child's education. During this period the
main focus is to enhance the child's formation of character, develop their personality,
cognition, curiosity, social skills, emotional development, develop their physical skills, , their
curiosity and language skills.
High school
Junior high (12- 14 years)
senior high (15- 17 years)
In 2001, there were 92,858
elementary schools (68,173
public, 24,685 private) in the
United States.
Bibliography Bennett, William J.,Chester E. Finn, Jr., and John
T. E. Crib, Jr., The Educated Child: A Parent’s Guide from
Preschool Through Eighth Grade. New York: The Free Press,
1999
What determinenes if
a child is school
ready?
It is the responsibility of schools to be ready
for all children at all levels of readiness.
Readiness in the child is defined by...
Physical well-being and motor development,
including health status, growth, and disability
Social and emotional development,
including turn-taking, cooperation,
empathy, and the ability to express one's
own emotions
Approaches to learning, including enthusiasm,
curiosity, temperament, culture, and values
Language development, including
listening, speaking, and vocabulary, as
well as literacy skills, including print
awareness, story sense, and writing
and drawing processes
General knowledge and cognition, including sound-letter
association, spatial relations, and number concepts.
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