1. Coming
To Kindergarten
in 2019

2. Tips to help your child be successful in Kindergarten
Getting a Head Start
Tips to help your child be successful in Kindergarten

3. Summer Recommendations:
NOW IS THE TIME FOR
INDEPENDENCE !
Begin during the summer, not when school starts. They feel good about themselves when they are independent. Open own lunch items

4. Dress self including tying shoes
Be independent at lunch
Allow opportunities to open milk,
juice boxes, snack packages,
etc.

5. Be independent in the restroom
Know how to fasten and unfasten clothes
Flush and wash hands
Boys should know how to use a urinal
Boys should know how to use urinal without pulling pants all the way down

6. ENCOURAGE SOCIAL INDEPENDENCE
Children who ask questions, take initiative, and push through difficult tasks tend to excel in school.
Have opportunities to be with other children
Leave your child with someone else for short periods of time
Allow your child to make some simple decisions for him/her self
Allow your child to solve some problems alone
Learn how to interact by being with other children time away from parents we do not nap

7. Academic Readiness Recognizing Letters Saying ABCs (not singing song)
Upper and lower case
Letters have sounds
Recognize and write own name
capital letter first - rest is lower case
Family names
Play letter games
Different from singing abc song…lower case letters important

8. Academic Readiness
Talk about colors and shapes Practice rote counting , 2, 3, 4, Practice counting objects

9. YEAR END EXPECTATIONS LANGUAGE ARTS Reading at Level D (MINIMUM)
Accuracy - Fluency - Comprehension
Retelling a story with detail
Main idea, characters, setting, plot, sequencing events
Writing to communicate

10. Reading Level D/E Expectations by May
This is the minimum

12. YEAR END EXPECTATIONS MATH – Recognizing numerals 1-20
Object counting through 20
Rote counting to 100
Reading a calendar (days of the week)
Creating a graph
Interpreting a graph
Creating Patterns
Addition
Subtraction
Math Vocabulary

13. Developing Fine Motor

14. Fiskar safety scissor work best
Cut out pictures
Fiskar safety scissor work best
Glue pictures
Use glue sticks and
Glue bottles
Draw and color pictures
Use regular size pencils and crayons
GLUE
Get used to scissors and glue (dot not puddle). Use regular size pencils and crayons

15. Develop Routines Stop naps early in the summer
Start living on the schedule you will have when school starts about two weeks before school begins. This allows your child to practice going to bed early and getting up early.

16. Routines when school begins
If at all possible, stay on a schedule
Choose clothes and lunch the night before
Have folders and backpacks ready the night before

17. We must be a team Parents, teachers, and administrators will all work
together in order to give
your child the very best
education possible.

18. You will receive information in August about bringing your child and school supplies to school before the first day.