Are You Starting Kindergarten This Fall?
For Parents
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Parent and Student Orientation - Friday, August 22nd 10:30am-11:30am Creating a bedtime routine can ease bedtime for everyone. It should take around 2 weeks to adjust to the back-to-school bedtime. Kids need an average of 10-12 hours of sleep a night. Click here for a Bedtime Schedule Printable. Creating a morning routine can also make the morning enjoyable and get everyone out the door faster. Click here for a Morning Routine Printable. By creating a picture schedule for your child, you are giving the child control and predictability of what will occur each morning. Additionally, kids are less likely to argue with a picture schedule than a parent giving directions. If you're interested in more Back-To-School organizing ideas, click here. |
For Kids
Howard County Public Library will be hosting a "Kindergarten, Here We Come" Workshop at local libraries! Click Here to register.
View a list of suggested kindergarten readiness books here. Everyday Skills - How to button/unbutton your pants - practice opening and closing your lunch box - Eating lunch within 20 minutes - Opening/closing lunch box containers - Putting a straw into your juice box/opening water bottles - how to put papers into a folder neatly - how to zip up your backpack - how to zip up a coat Social / Emotional - practice taking turns - practice telling how you feel ("I don't like that you pushed me") - practice waiting - practice following 2-3 step directions ( 1-take off your coat, 2- put your shoes on the stairs, 3- get a book) Fine/Large Motor Skills - Play with play-dough (this helps strengthen the small muscles in the hand and will help with handwriting) - Practice holding a pencil - Practice using scissors - Practice coloring in the lines Language Arts/Reading - sounds of each letter - name of each letter - write the letters (practice writing on lined paper) - Collect and build a library of "Environmental Print" you can read! (environmental print are words in your environment that you can read. For example: the Weis sign, a stop sign, the word Cheerios on a box or ad, the word Target on a bag or building.) - when reading/being read a story, be able to answer some questions about it (retell the story, what was the problem, how did they solve the problem, what happened at the beginning, middle, end) PRACTICE TYING YOUR SHOES!! - If your kindergartner can do this, they get double points!!! Download and read the whole list here |