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Filed under: In The News, Twins, Triplets, Multiples
One Pennsylvania kindergarten class has been overrun by multiples. Credit: Cindy Shegan Keeley, Daily News
The influx of multiples led the school to add another full-day kindergarten class, according to a report in The Daily News of McKeesport, Penn.
"At first, it was a little overwhelming," Amy Larcinese, elementary assistant principal told the paper. "These kids make an entire kindergarten class on their own with 18 of them. We had to add another full-day kindergarten class. It brings an interesting dynamic to the kindergarten."
Making it slightly easier on the teachers: None of the twins are identical, so there shouldn't be too many cases of, "Are-you-Johnny-or-James?" or scenarios in which the kids try to pull the old switcheroo on their teachers, pretending to be each other.
Parents were given the option of keeping their children in the same class or separating them. Some chose to keep their kids together while others decided separating the kids would help them become more independent.
How have you dealt with your multiples in school?
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ReaderComments (Page 2 of 2)
11-09-2009 @ 5:45PM
Renee said...I have twin boys in first grade, plus 2 children in high school. I have kept my twins together since preschool. The boys are very close but, they do their own thing in school. Since they have different personalities they have their own friends and do not need rely on each other. I have found it easier to deal with one teacher and the same homework aand same schedules. I also have spent time in their classrooms and spoken with their teachers to see what their recommendations are about separating them. All of their teachers have felt that there is not problem keeping them together. They will stay together till they ask to be separated.
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