Buena Vista Kindergarten Round Up
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
3:30 – 4:30 pm
WHAT LEARNING EXPERIENCES WILL PREPARE MY CHILD FOR KINDERGARTEN?
- Knowledge of basic colors and shapes.
- Ability to count in sequence 1 – 10.
- Following simple to complex directions, one single directive up to three.
- Discrimination between concepts same and different.
- Ability to match pictures, symbols.
- Auditory recognition of rhyming words.
- Understanding opposites.
- Beginning sounds, consonants. Determine whether your child can hear the initial sound in a given word, reproduce it, and hear like sounds in other words.
- Some recognition of capital and lower case letters.
- Sequencing of things, events, symbols.
- Position words, such as on, over, under.
- Ability to listen to a story and answer simple factual questions.
- Write first name, beginning with a capital and continuing with lower case letters.
- Recognition of number symbols 0 – 10.
WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP PREPARE MY CHILD FOR THE FALL?
- READ, READ, READ to your child daily!
- Ask comprehension questions about the stories read.
- Ask your child to repeat the sequence of main events.
- Ask “what if” questions to stimulate creative thinking.
- Give your child easy to follow directions and follow through on completion.
- Play color and number games (i.e., “I see something red,” “Bring me two spoons and napkins.”).
- Practice holding a pencil and scissors correctly.
- Play description of object games; categorize the objects in many ways. Match number symbols to corresponding number of objects. Do the same with shapes.
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS I CAN DO TO MAKE MY CHILD’S KINDERGARTEN ENTRY EASY AND PLEASANT?
- Print your child’s name on all removable clothing articles and lunch containers.
- Give your child nutritious breakfast, snacks and lunches. Be sure your child gets plenty of sleep each night.
- Dress your child comfortably and don’t become alarmed when he/she comes home dirty.
- Have your child arrive on time. Pick up your child on time.
- Bid your child a quick, warm goodbye. If you hesitate, so will your child.
- Discourage bringing toys from home to school.
- Keep communications open between yourself and your child’s teacher.
- Keep your child home when he/she is ill. Call the attendance hotline to report absences.