Physical Development and Health
You Help Me Get Ready for Kindergarten When You ...
- Let me run, jump, climb and hop and throw, bounce, catch and kick a ball.
- Help me practice holding and using a pencil, marker, pen or crayon.
- Provide experiences to strengthen small muscles.
- Practice cutting with scissors.
- Let me explore art materials like crayons, pencils, paint and markers
- Teach me to dress (zip, button, snap), eat, use the toilet and wash my hands.
- Teach me to use the bathroom without help and to wash my hands after.
Math Skills
You Help Me Get Ready for Kindergarten When You ...
- Help me understand numbers and amounts.
- Sort objects by size, shape or color.
- Use words like big and little, more and less, first and last, full and empty.
- Look for and notice numbers and patterns around us.
- Count from 1 to 10, and backward from five.
- Play matching games with household items.
- Help me learn to listen to and repeat sound patterns.
- Talk about the order in which you do activities.
- Help me identify and name basic shapes.
- Find shapes in our home and community.
Language and Reading Skills
You Help Me Get Ready for Kindergarten When You ...
- Encourage my interest in books and listening to an adult read or tell stories.
- Read to me or tell me stories every day. Talk with me about the pictures and the stories.
- Let me hold the book, turn the pages and tell you the story.
- Ask me questions about what I think will happen in a story.
- Let me make my own storybook.
- Help me learn the names and sounds of letters. Help me copy or write my name.
- Point out letters and words to me when reading or when we are out in the community.
- Let me see you writing.
- Give me pencils, markers, paint, crayons and paper.
- Label items around the house, to help me connect names of things with words in print.
- Use new words every day when talking to me.
Transition to Kindergarten PDF
