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Preparing Your Child For Kindergarten
Here is a list
of suggestions for parents to help
prepare your child for Kindergarten:
Read to
your child every day. Research has shown this is the most
important factor in determining success in school. Go to
the library and pick out new books to read every couple of
weeks.
Talk to
your child about things in his/her environment. Does your
child name common objects? If he or she is using words
such as "this," "that" or "thing," he may not know the name of
the objects to which he is referring.
Listen
to your child. Can he express his thoughts clearly?
Is he able to retell an event in the proper sequence?
Children need many opportunities to express their thoughts.
Sing
songs together and recite nursery rhymes together.
Keep a
summer scrapbook. Encourage your child to collect
pictures and tokens of activities they participated in over the
summer. Write about the activity as your child dictates to
you. Read with your child what he or she has written.
Allow you
child to use scissors. Try cutting a large variety of
materials from clay to cards to fabric. Watch your child
as he cuts and show him the proper way to hold the scissors.
Have your
child practice sorting objects. Sort the silverware as
you empty the dishwasher or sort clothes into piles of different
colors.
The following
are things your child should be able to do when entering
kindergarten:
Personal
Skills:
- Communicates
so that others can understand him.
- Knows how he
is going home on the first day (bus, car, or stay after
school) Knows his bus number.
- Take scare
of his own personal needs such as going to the bathroom,
washing hands, handling a plate and silverware without
assistance.
- Handles
clothing without assistance - hang up coat, zip pants or
jacket, button clothing.
Social
Skills
- Plays well
with other children.
- Follows a
daily routine.
- Gets along
with other children in an appropriate manner.
- Shares with
others.
- Picks up
activities when finished working.
- Expresses
ideas using descriptive words and complete sentences.
- Listens to a
story without being interrupted.
- Concentrates
on a task for ten minutes.
- Recognizes
his own name in print.
- Names basic
shapes: triangle, square, circle and rectangle.
- Identifies
colors: red, yellow, blue, black, brown, green, orange,
purple.
- Counts to
ten.
- Locates
print on a page and tells what it is used for.
- Recognizes
number to 5.
- Tells how
two objects are alike and how two objects are different.
Source:
FamilyCorner.com -
www.thefamilycorner.com
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