10 Things Your Family Can do to Get Ready for Kindergarten
- Limit the amount
of TV children watch. Watch with your children and discuss what they are seeing.
- Create a routine over the summer. Have some structure to the mornings and evenings. Routines
will be helpful when school starts.
- Have
a set bedtime and stick to it.
- Use counting
in your daily activities. Count blocks, steps to the mailbox, fruit in a bowl, anything around the house.
- Read books everyday. This is a great activity to do at bedtime.
Talk about what you are reading.
- Ask
lots of questions when you are out doing errands. Ask children what they see, hear or experience.
- Practice independence. Let your children make certain choices
(which shirt would you like to wear today?)
- Encourage
trying new things. New experinces give children a chance to learn problem solving techniques.
- Set aside a study spot. Encourage children to spend time there everyday coloring, drawing or creating. This
can later become the place where they do homework and they will be in the habit of sitting there already!
- Teach children their full name, address and phone number.
Here are some basic skills needed for a child to be prepared
for kindergarten:
Literacy and Language
Use of Complete Sentences
Can Express Thoughts
Responds when Asked Questions
Recognizes First
Name in Print
Says the beginning Sounds of Words
Recognizes at least 10 Letters of the Alphabet
Fine Motor Skills
Grasping
a Pencil and Holding Paper Correctly
Printing Letters Legibly
Social and Emotional Skills
Interacts Appropriately with Other Children
Interacts Appropriately with Adults
Respects Differences
Among Others
Is Aware of Their Own and Others Feelings
Uses Appropriate Conflict Resolution Strategies
Large Motor Skills
Hop on One Foot
Climb Stairs Using Alternate Feet
Catch a Ball
Bounce a Ball
Run
Math Skills
Recognizes the Difference Between Letters and Numbers
Recognizes Numbers
Can Count up to 20 Items
Can Sort
Items That Are the Same or Different
Understands Relative Size (big, bigger,biggest)
Can Draw Basic Shapes
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