(shÄ­ngâ²gÉl) n. 1. A thin oblong piece of material, such as wood or slate, that is laid in overlapping rows to cover the roof or sides of a house or other building. 2. Informal A small signboard, as one indicating a professional office: After passing the bar exam, she hung out her shingle. 3. A woman's close-cropped haircut.
Kindergartenersâ attention spans are short. So their homework should be short, too! Send home nightly tasks that can be completed in about 10 or 15 minutes. If you send home a weekly homework packet, make sure to educate parents about the importance of doing some each night (rather than all of it on Thursday night!).
In general, kindergarten starts around age 5, followed by 1st grade, which would start around age 6, then all the grades in order. As a general rule, if someone is in the nth grade he or she is likely n+5 or n+6 years old. Most kids start kindergarten at age five. These are just in general. There is a window of time, several months, where a kid is on the border of meeting the cutoff age requirement.