Entering Kindergarten Expectations
Dear Parents,
Your child is getting ready for kindergarten. Below you will find some skills to practice, as well as literary resources and websites:
* Independent self-help skills such as putting things away, hand washing, toileting,
eating and opening containers, tying laces, etc.
* Practice one-step and multi-step directions
* Cooperative Play
* Knows, recognizes and writes name
* Knows birthday, phone number, and address
* Establish routines for various activities
* Gross motor skills such as climbing and skipping
* Fine motor skills cutting, pasting, lacing, etc.
* Memory Games
* Book handling skills
Books
§ The Night Before Kindergarten by: Natasha Wing
§ Welcome to Kindergarten by: Anne Rockwell
§ Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner by: Amy Schwartz
§ Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come! by Nancy Carlson
§ Arthur series by Marc Brown
§ Dr. Seuss series
§ Todd Parr series
Studies show that reading to your child daily enhances their reading skills. Books may be obtained from a public library.
Websites
www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten.htm
www.pbskids.org
www.starfall.com
www.dltk-teach.com
www.abcteach.com
www.funbrain.com