27 Quotes About Kindergarten

Can I finish my blasted story? We'll get to supernatural kindergarten later.

Lila walked by with her nose in the air. In a straight line behind her, six obedient kindergartners waddled like baby geese, singing in unison, 'Row, row, row your yacht...

I love this book. It is a great book for any age to read. It brings back memories ofmy first day of kindergarten. Also it's a good book to help your child overcome fearof the first day.-Adrienne Swain

Nothing infuriated Ramona more than having a grown-up say, as if she could not hear, that she was worn out.

Miss Binney was not like most grown-ups. Miss Binney understood.

Only grown-ups would say boots were for keeping feet dry. Anyone in kindergarten knew that a girl should wear shiny red or white boots on the first rainy day, not to keep her feet dry, but to show off. That’s what boots were for – showing off, wading, splashing, stamping.

When Ramona made a great big noisy fuss, she usually got her own way. Great big noisy fusses were often necessary when a girl was the youngest member of the family and the youngest person on her block.

Ramona, who did not mean to pester her mother, could not see why grown-ups had to be so slow.

The notion of children being "kindergarten ready" is a bizarre oxymoron. It's like saying you have to know how to play the piano before you can learn how to play the piano.