Was Your Child Ready for Kindergarten?

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Was Your Child Ready for Kindergarten?

• E. J. Marshall Elementary
• September 17, 2014

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Todays Ideas

• Welcome and Introductions
• Readiness Skills
• Tips for Families
• Learning at Home

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Kinder Rules for Discussion

• Pair-Share 4 Ls
• Look at your partner
• Lean toward your partner
• Lower your voice
• Listen attentively

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Introductions

• Turn to the person next to you and introduce
  yourself by
• Saying your name
• Talk about your family
• Reason you are here today
• Be ready to introduce your partner to the group!

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Readiness Skills

• Children mature and
• grow at different rates.

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Readiness Skills

• Readiness is not all about academics, classroom
  survival skills are needed as well.

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Readiness Skills

• Was Your Child Ready for Kindergarten?

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Tips for Families

• Encourage your child as
• they complete tasks.
• Youre on the right track now! I knew you could
  do it! Way to go! EXCELLENT!
• Thats the way to do it. You did that very
  well. Keep it up! Nice going.
• You did a lot of work today! Im proud of the
  way you worked today. Thats it!
• You must have been practicing. WONDERFUL! I
  sure am happy youre MY child!
• Youre learning fast. You really make being a
  parent fun. Good remembering!

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TIPS for FAMILIES

• Excellent bilingual website!
• TALK!
• SING!
• READ!

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TIPS FOR FAMILIESPreparing Your Child for
Success!

• Recognize and name letters UPPER and lowercase
• Recognize and count 0-20
• Environmental print
• Practice writing name, letters
• Practice cutting
• Following directions

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Learning At Home

• Check backpacks/folders
• Do homework with them.slowly let them do
  independently
• Online games/websites
• MAKE LEARNING FUN!!
• COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS!

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THANK YOU!

• Next session is October 1st
• Learning at Home - Literacy
• Same time, same place!
• PLEASE BRING A FRIEND
• carol_sweat_at_chino.k12.ca.us