79 September 5, 1979
ergarteners; expect to play, learn
SUSQUEHANNA TIMES—Page 7
He expects to learn to
read, so that he will be able
to read the books of his
sister Corinna, age 9.
What will he like to play
most in kindergarten?
‘‘Baseball.”” Mike has
been learning to give his
dad’s name when asked for
it, also his own name. In
addition his mother has
been trying to teach him to
tie his shoes before he goes
to kindergarten. She says,
however, that since he’s
left-handed and she’s right-
handed, she has a problem.
Gary said he was excited
and couldn’t wait to start.
Mike said, ‘‘I’m riding my
bike to school,”” but his
mother said, ‘‘No, you
won’t.”’
Scott Armold is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy A.
Armold, Jr., 220 S. Arnold
St., Maytown. Scott will be
attending Maytown School.
What will school be like?
“Good.”
Left, Gary Allum, Right, Mike Ebersole
What will he
‘““Recesses.’”’
What kind of work will he
be doing? ‘‘Papers.”’
He wants to learn to read
so he will be able to read his
favorite book, Tigger and
Winnie the Pooh.
He knows his teacher,
Mrs. Schock.
He will walk to school
with his sister Julie, 8. He
will walk home with another
kindergarten pupil, Andrea
Smith.
What does he want to be
when he grows up? “A
Marine, like Uncle Mick...”’
Or, maybe ‘‘a cowboy,
like Uncle Jeff.”’
He also wants to play
soccer like his father and
grandfather before him.
Lisa Mohr, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold A.
like?
Mohr, Jr., 129 W. High St.,
Maytown, will attend May-
town School.
Lisa thinks kindergarten
will be ‘‘good’’ and also
“fun. >’
Older brother Toby remark-
ed at this point ‘‘Kinder-
garteners are lucky.’’ Toby
is slightly (10 minutes) older
than his twin Tony. Both are
seven.
Lisa has seen the room
where Mrs. Schock will be
her teacher.
Asked what she will like,
she said, ‘“Work.”’
““I can already count far.”’
How far? ‘‘Thirty.”
When the Mohr children
play school Hod, 10, is the
principal, and Toby and
Tony are the teachers. Lisa
of course is the lone pupil in
this top-heavy school.
Hod says he can bring
Lisa home from school
piggy-back.
Lisa expects to like best
‘“the little blocks.”’
What will she be when
she grows up? “‘A cop girl.”
Why? “So I can arrest
people, ’cause they speed.
I’m going to ride a horse.”
The next new student we
called on was Allen Houck,
Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Houck, 703
Square St., Mount Joy.
Allen will be starting
Grandview this week.
He said he expects to like
school ‘‘fine.”’ ‘‘There will
be lots of kids there. The
best part will be going to
school. I can play with all
the playground equipment,
like the merry-go-round, the
swing set, the chin bar.”’
Allen wants to be a soccer
player immediately, but
eventually he wants to play
football at Penn State. He
realizes that kindergarten
will be his first step toward
Penn State.
He will be glad to see his
good friend Timmy Wolge-
muth at kindergarten.
“Timmy lives down the
street.”
Kristin Reischer, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. David
A. Reischer, R.D. 1, Mount
Joy:
Kristin will attend Grand-
view. Asked what school
would be like, she replied,
“I don’t know. It will
probably be fun. I ask Kim
(8) to tell me, but she’s too
busy watching TV.
“I'll probably be doing
crafts and stuff like that.”
Kristin attended Little
People’s Nursery School at
Florin Church of the
Brethren, and knows what
school is like.
She likes to draw pictures
and hopes to draw a lot in
kindergarten. but she said,
‘‘I get mixed up and draw a
picture of a boy when I'm
supposed to be drawing a
picture of a girl.”
What does Kristin want to
be when she grows up? “A
nurse,”’ she said, but then
adds, ““‘A lot of things—a
tap dancer, a ballet dancer,
a secretary—a mommy?”’
looking at her mother.
What does she want to
learn? ‘‘I've got to put on
my thinking cap. It’s
invisible... don’t want to
learn to put on eye shadow,
Allen Houck
like Kim does...I'll draw and
paste... already know how
to read.”
Kristin's mother explains
that Kristin memorizes what
is read to her, then recites it
back, page by page, with
expression.
It was a hot, muggy day.
Kristin warned the inter-
viewer that, “It’s sweating
outside.’’
Kristin Reischer
The day after we visited
Elizabeth we received a card
decorated with animals and
containing this message,
carefully printed in all
capital letters:
Dear Mr. Bromer:
Thank you for coming to
interview me.It’s exciting to
have someone come to
interview me. I can hardly
wait to see the paper! I think
kindergarten will be fun.
Going to school makes me
feel grown up.
Elizabeth Campbell