It’s not hard to realize that the current kindergarten is more demanding than the kindergarten of your childhood. It’s more academically rigorous and less enjoyable with napping and longer hours. Are your children ready? What are the indicators? My son is due to start kindergarten in September and I am having similar concerns. Therefore, I sought out my mother, who’s an experienced teacher for 30 years in kindergarten, to discover what she would like to see from kids when they start their first day of school.
Let’s Get Ready for Kindergarten
For many children, kindergarten is not the only school experience – with the majority of new students having a couple of years of preschool experience. However, there are some youngsters who will have their first time at school and a kindergarten teacher is able to teach an array of academic and social capabilities. If you’re uncertain if your child is ready for the kindergarten go through the below checklist to ensure that they master the necessary skills to succeed in the beginning of their schooling. It’s a fantastic guide that can be used together with your Learning Resources All Ready for Kindergarten Readiness Kit.
- Recognize Name
Children’s names will be visible everywhere in their classrooms during kindergarten, including on their cubbies tables and desks, and more. Help them to recognize their name and identify the letters in the child’s name before writing your name using the most impressive capabilities. Do you require a few simple exercises to help you recognize names?
String Learning Resources. The Lacing Alphabet Beads (part of the Kindergarten Readiness Kit) to spell their names.
Make use of dots for this simple Naming of Stickers activity from Busy Toddler
Try the recipe for Name Recognition Soup developed by Munchkins and moms. It is also possible to try using Alphabet Beads
- Name the Letters of the Alphabet
To be ready to enter kindergarten, your child should at the minimum identify at least half of the capital letters of the alphabet. The Kindergarten Readiness Kit your child can find many activities related to the alphabet such as manipulatives, activities cards as well as activity cards. Here are a few of our favorite activities that are based on the alphabet:
Use the Alphabet Marks the Spot play mat to play Alphabet Scavenger Hunt, working on naming letters, as well as the sound of letters
You can play with alphabets Recognition Games using the ABC Bottle constructed from recycled water bottles and alphabet pasta that has been colored with colors
- Determine Hand Dominance
Are you a righty or lefty? The hand dominance pattern is established at the time of birth prior to giving birth to your baby. But, the obvious effective and efficient use of one hand over the other may not be evident when your kid is 6 years old, that’s when they are in between the two years of kindergarten.If you child’s hand hand coordination is apparent the teacher in kindergarten will be able to recognize it. If the issue remains unanswerable to you, it is important to inform your child’s teacher to be informed as well.
- Know How to Hold and Use Scissors Correctly
If you’re still not able to get the cutting instrument with your child’s hands, you’re all set to begin. If you’re concerned about the safety of using scissors or if your child is dissatisfied due to the weak hands and coordination needed to use scissors safely , this is a great sequence of activities to help teach skills to use scissors as well as safety.The Learning Resources to Help Hands Fine Motor Tool Kit is a great source of play materials that aid in developing fine motor skills and help with the use of scissors.
- Name and Recognize Colors
Your child’s kindergartener should be able to recognize and recognize the basic colors of red, yellow and orange blue, as well as green black purple, white, and. Color recognition aids children in one of the fundamental math skills that can be described as the capability to categorize. It is a Kindergarten Readiness Kit includes manipulatives to help with color recognition. Also included is one of our most popular games we enjoy Color Match. Color Match – using just colored paper, and any other toys in your house.
- Count and Recognize Numbers to 10
The large majority of pre-schoolers learn to calculate, identify numbers up to 10, and understand one-to-one correspondence (count objects) to help prepare them for kindergarten years. If your child isn’t proficient in the art of counting yet , or needs to refresh their knowledge, this fun counting game for pre-schoolers by Busy Toddler is a fantastic starting point. If you want to give them a more challenging hands-on experience , try this counting activity for children to build The bridge between elephants!
- Make Rhymes
Nursery rhymes have been the beginning of of establishing literacy across generations to come. The ability to recognize rhymed words is one of the most crucial actions to prepare children for kindergarten and in the process of learning to read.
If nursery rhymes aren’t part of your family’s routine, it’s possible to play a simple rhyme game. Say the word you wish to say (“Cat”) and request your kid to repeat the rhyme in front of the person you are (“Hat”). You can play around until you’ve mastered the songs (“Sat, Mat, Pat Rat, etc. )!
- Play and play with Peers
Kindergarten is about providing the basis to academic excellence, however also is about social development. To help prepare your child for kindergarten it is important to encourage your child to participate and to share their experiences with their classmates as well as their parents. Be sure to remind them that they need to “Treat others the way you want to be treated.” Make plans for playtimes with your kids at home, on the park or in the playground or participate in this simple game of sharing to develop these essential social skill.
- Take Direction and Accept Disappointment
The class your child is in during kindergarten will likely be the largest group they’ve ever taken part in to date. The students are expected to follow the directions of their instructors, but they might not always be able to follow instructor’s instructions. One way get ready for school is to learn how to follow directions and handling disappointment . One of the best ways to prepare is to play games as an entire family.Focus on following the directions when playing fair and helping players overcome the stress of losing. For great games for your kindergarteners you can check out Math Marks the Spot and The Riddle Moo This!
- Basic Hygiene and Self Care
In order to be ready for school, your child should be able to use bathrooms in a way that is completely independent for example, cleaning their hands. They’ll also need to take their meals or snacks in a way that is mostly autonomous and also clean their surroundings of waste. Be sure to review the menus for lunch together or offer them food they can and will eat.If they’re not yet capable of performing the basics of self-care, it’s best to do it before the day that school starts at home.
