11 kindergarten interviews
A Word from the Kindergartners What do you like most about being a kindergartner?
What’s your favorite subject?
“That you get to play a lot.” —Darby DeJonghe
“Computers.” —Trevor Church
“I like doing jobs.” —Anaaya Mittal
“Science because we once made pumpkin bread.” —Audrey Avery
“I really love math because the teachers put it on the Smartboard, and I get to learn a lot of things. I get to go up to the board and write with the pens. It’s really fun.” —Alison Gaston
What’s the coolest thing you’ve learned in kindergarten? “I got to bake ice cream.” —Nicholas Tonini “About sea animals. I like dolphins and sea otters.” —Mia Ushiba “Math. Adding.” —Daniel Avelino “I magic E.” —Anaaya Mittal “Subtracting.” —Antonio Borgomini
“Reading. Because it’s fun.” —Juli Herrera
“P.E. We play Duck Duck Piggie.” —Jameson Farley “iPads.” —Darby DeJonghe “Technology. There are these games that make you smarter.” —Tucker Green “Science. We just get to do a lot of fun stuff, so it’s fun. Really, really super-fun.” —Nikola Frye
What are you going to miss about kindergarten? “Probably, I think, the guinea pigs. They’re funny, and they’re fun to play with.” —Graham Horvath
“About dinosaurs. That a Tyrannosaurus Rex can eat a person.” —Jameson Farley
“I might miss some of my friends, and I’m going to miss my teachers because one of my teachers is my mom.” —Jacob Tonini
“How to mix Play-doh and make it into different colors.” —Wyatt Alderson
“Guinea pigs and my teachers.” —Isa Herrera
“Doing science things and symmetrical things.” —Suhana Dail “Probably math … learning about number bonds and equations.” —Jacob Tonini
What are you most looking forward to about first grade? “Doing homework like my sister. She’s in first grade.” —Jameson Farley “How we’re going to sit at a desk.” —Alison Gaston “To play on the big kids’ playground.” —Tatyana Larsen “Seeing what they do differently.” —George Murphy
“Choice time. You only get choice time once a week in first grade.” —Will Leatherberry
Tell us about one of your special talents. “I can do the full splits.” —Gracie Henrard “Diving. The first time I was doing them, I was really scared, and I was doing belly flops. And now I’m doing them really good.” —Tatyana Larsen “I’m really good at running.” —Will Leatherberry “Something I’m really good at? Feeding the guinea pigs.” —Juli Herrera
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