How much literacy is required for kindergarten to meet the standard?

In the process of transition from primary school to primary school, literacy is a concern for many parents. So how many words do kindergarten children need to know to make a smooth transition? There is no absolute standard answer to this, but too little literacy will indeed cause a lot of confusion and trouble for children. I feel it deeply. The confusion caused by insufficient literacy in the transition from kindergarten to primary school When children enter primary school from kindergarten, the environment changes dramatically. In class, the teacher begins to teach various knowledge, and children who are not literate enough may not even understand the questions. For example, if children do not know the simple Chinese characters of \”plus\”, \”subtraction\”, \”total\” and \”remaining\” in math questions, they will not understand what the question requires them to do. When the teacher is explaining, other children can quickly catch up with the rhythm, while children with little literacy may still be struggling with what the words mean. Over time, they are prone to frustration and their interest in learning may be greatly reduced. When it comes to language learning, gaps will also quickly become apparent. If the literacy level is insufficient, children may not be able to understand the Chinese characters corresponding to Pinyin when learning Pinyin, and may not be able to connect Pinyin and words well. When starting to learn simple texts, children with more literacy can easily read and even try to recite them by themselves, while children with less literacy need teachers or parents to explain them word for word, spending more time and energy. This not only affects the child\’s learning efficiency in the classroom, but may also make the child feel psychologically inferior to other classmates, resulting in an inferiority complex. Take my neighbor\’s child Xiao Ming as an example of the trouble he faced in the early elementary school years due to poor literacy. When Xiao Ming was in kindergarten, his parents did not pay attention to literacy education. They thought that the child was still young and should just play happily. But after entering the first grade of elementary school, problems began. In every Chinese homework, it is difficult for him to simply read the pinyin and write Chinese characters, because he does not know those Chinese characters, so he can only ask his parents one by one. In class, the teacher asked the students to read the text aloud by themselves. Xiao Ming always stumbled, did not know many words, and did not dare to read aloud. As time went by, he became more and more timid and even afraid of taking Chinese classes. In math homework, for questions like \”Xiao Ming had 5 apples, Xiao Hong gave him 3 more, how many apples does Xiao Ming have now?\” Because he didn\’t know the words \”again\” and \”now\”, he didn\’t understand it at all. Know where to start. Every time he took an exam, he felt worried when he looked at the questions on the test paper. He didn\’t know many words, which made him unable to answer the questions normally, and his grades were naturally not ideal. This made Xiao Ming\’s parents very anxious and regretted not letting their children know more words in kindergarten. Reasonable literacy recommendations Generally speaking, if a child can know about 300 – 500 words when graduating from kindergarten, it will be relatively easy for him to transition from kindergarten to primary school. These words can include names of common things in life, such as \”apple\”, \”banana\”, \”car\”, \”house\”, etc.; there are also simple action words, such as \”run\”, \”jump\”, \”eat\”, \”drink\”; and some Words expressing quantity and direction, such as \”one\”, \”two\”, \”up\”, \”down\”, etc. With such a literacy foundation, children will not be too confused when faced with textbooks and homework after entering elementary school.Confused. But it should be noted that the process of literacy cannot be a boring rote memorization. Parents and kindergarten teachers can help children learn literacy through interesting ways such as games, children\’s songs, and stories. For example, playing charades allows children to guess Chinese characters through interesting puzzles; or using children\’s songs, children can memorize the words in the lyrics while singing children\’s songs. This will not only increase children\’s literacy, but also allow children to experience the fun of learning Chinese characters. Literacy is a very important part of the transition from early childhood to childhood. Parents should pay attention to helping their children accumulate a certain amount of literacy in kindergarten, so that they can start their learning journey more confidently and smoothly after entering elementary school.