Kindergarten Preparations
In addition to the need to familiarize your child with their new surroundings, there are a variety of personal, social and intellectual skills that your child should master before entering kindergarten.
These include:
* be able to dress themselves,
* sit still for 10 minutes or more,
* use the toilet unassisted,
* put away toys when asked,
* know some songs and stories, and
* be able to hold a book upright and turn pages.
Kindergarten teachers have ranked healthy, rested and well-nourished children as the number one quality of successful kindergartners. Other skills include being able to verbally communicate their needs and being able to follow basic rules and routines.
Each child develops at his or her own pace and intellectual, social, emotional and physical skills can widely vary from child to child until about age seven. Because children develop skills at varying times, it is difficult to list specific tasks and behaviors to ensure school readiness. Letter recognition, knowledge of animals and sounds, big and little, up and down are important to know, but it is more important that your child is socially, emotionally, and physically ready to tackle the challenges of school.
These include:
* be able to dress themselves,
* sit still for 10 minutes or more,
* use the toilet unassisted,
* put away toys when asked,
* know some songs and stories, and
* be able to hold a book upright and turn pages.
Kindergarten teachers have ranked healthy, rested and well-nourished children as the number one quality of successful kindergartners. Other skills include being able to verbally communicate their needs and being able to follow basic rules and routines.
Each child develops at his or her own pace and intellectual, social, emotional and physical skills can widely vary from child to child until about age seven. Because children develop skills at varying times, it is difficult to list specific tasks and behaviors to ensure school readiness. Letter recognition, knowledge of animals and sounds, big and little, up and down are important to know, but it is more important that your child is socially, emotionally, and physically ready to tackle the challenges of school.
K Transition Book List
Your children are important, and so is their transition into Kindergarten.
Help them make it as exciting as possible!
Check out these books (contact CCPFC Lending Library or Gunn Memorial Library) to help your child learn more about what to expect in Kindergarten:
· I am Too Absolutely Small For School
· When You Go To Kindergarten
· Welcome To Kindergarten
· Sam and Gram and The First Day of School
· The Bernstein Bears Go To School
· Franklin Goes To School
· I’ll Go To School If
· Bus Stop
· Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready For Kindergarten
· Alphabet City
· Pooh’s First Day At School
Help them make it as exciting as possible!
Check out these books (contact CCPFC Lending Library or Gunn Memorial Library) to help your child learn more about what to expect in Kindergarten:
· I am Too Absolutely Small For School
· When You Go To Kindergarten
· Welcome To Kindergarten
· Sam and Gram and The First Day of School
· The Bernstein Bears Go To School
· Franklin Goes To School
· I’ll Go To School If
· Bus Stop
· Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready For Kindergarten
· Alphabet City
· Pooh’s First Day At School
Caswell County Partnership for Children
Hours: 8:00 am- 5:00 pm Monday-Friday
Visit us: 1084 NC Hwy 86 North in Yanceyville
or for mail: PO Box 664, Yanceyville, NC 27379
tel: 336-694-1538
fax: 336-694-7666
email: ccp4child@esinc.net
Visit us: 1084 NC Hwy 86 North in Yanceyville
or for mail: PO Box 664, Yanceyville, NC 27379
tel: 336-694-1538
fax: 336-694-7666
email: ccp4child@esinc.net
