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TKG LISTEN: The Role of Rigor in Kindergarten

TKG LISTEN: The Role of Rigor in Kindergarten

February 27, 2016 February 27, 2016

This article appeared as a “Resource Of The Week” in our parent newsletter: Rigor and Kindergarten. At TKG, we know that those two words go together when children (or an individual child) are asking for it. We will encourage our students to engage academic rigor, as their developmental capacity (ZPD) expands. …

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