1.

• Where it all begins

Kindergarten

2.

• The Best Ways to Help Your Kindergartener Succeed in School

3. Make sure your child is ready for school

• Has a decent bed time

• Has everything needed for school/ all materials labeled

• Wears proper clothes

4. Some things your child should know..

• Patience

• How to follow directions

• To ask for help when needed

• How to clean up after self

5.

• Make the BIG day a happy one!

6. Encourage responsibility and independence

• Develop homework routine

• Have them pick up own mess

• Have them play an active role in getting ready for school

7. Encourage reading in anyway you can

8. Treat child as though they are an author

• Encourage child to write notes or keep a journal

• Provide materials along with time for child to draw

• Always ask child about their drawings

9. Make math part of their everyday life

• Ask child to help with setting up table or to help you measure something

• Have child compare things (heavy, light, tall, short)

• Give child problems to solve

10. Teach them how to listen

• Spend time with your child

• Model good listening behaviors

• Limit TV, computer, and video game time

11. Support your child's teacher and school rules

• Make appointments to visit with teacher

• Always be willing to listen to the teachers side

12. Tell the teacher everything!

• How your child feels about school

• How they feel about class mates

• Their passions

13. Spend time in your child's class room

14. Ask your child about school everyday

• Develop a ritual

• Dont ask too soon

• Read everything the teacher sends home

15. Some things your child will be learning

• Sounds letters represent

• Inventive spelling

• Constant-vowel-constant words

• How to write and recognize own name

16. and.

• Handwriting through tactile approaches

• How to hold a pencil correctly

• Learn to write left to right, top to bottom

17. also..

• Why writing is important

• Improve large and small motor skills

• Use senses to know if things are alike or different

18. Keep in mind

• Each child learns at their OWN

• rate

19. Did you know?

• The average five year old laughs 400 times a day, while the average adult laughs 15 times a day..

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• Every activity and conversation you have with your child shows the importance of love, literacy and learning

21. Children are the FUTURE