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Kindergarten Readiness
 Emotional and Social Readiness
Can separate from parents for periods of time
Can listen to adults and follow simple directions
Can express their own needs (take responsibility for their own learning)
Can work on their own for short periods of time
Can adjust to changes in routine and new situations
Can share and cooperate with others
Can take turns and control impulses
Physical Readiness
Can hold a crayon and grip scissors correctly
Can control their own body in gross motor activities like running and jumping, as well as sitting
Academic Readiness
Can listen to a story for 5 to 10 minutes without restlessness and recalls basic details about the story
Can recite and chant rhymes and songs
Can identify some letters and sounds
Ca print their first name legibly from left to right
Uses understandable speech
Uses 5 – 6 words in a sentence
Follows 2 – 3 step directions
Understands basic directional concepts like over, under, beside
Uses language to express their needs and wants
Identifies colors
Identifies basic shapes
Identifies numbers to 10
Counts by rote to 10
Counts and points with 1 to 1 correspondence to 10
Sorts objects by two attributes
How Parents Can Help
Check this list of things parents can do to help their children learn:
Read to your child
Listen to your child read
Play games with your child
Help your child get a library card from the public library nearest you. Encourage your child to go to the library as often as possible.
Go the library with your child. Help him or her pick out interesting books to read.
Find out about activities for children that take place at your library
Talk to your child about subjects that are interesting to him or her
Listen to your child
Set aside a special “reading time.” Let your child know that you look forward to and enjoy your time together.
Give your child his or her own place to keep books
Write notes to your child
Help your child write letters and notes
Encourage your child to keep a scrapbook about a subject that interests him or her (stamps, dogs, birds, trucks, etc.)
Limit your child’s television watching; select certain shows to watch. Turn the television set on for the show and turn it off immediately after the show is over.
Read and discuss your child’s schoolwork.
Provide materials such as crayons, art paper, and paints for creative projects
Give your child a calendar so he or she can write down special events and mark off each day
Help your child make a telephone directory with the names and phone numbers of his or her friends
Ask your child to add a sentence or two to letters you write to far away relatives. (Young children can dictate a sentence for you to write.)
Give your child specific duties to perform on a regular basis
Let your child help you prepare dinner
Subscribe to a children’s magazine (in the child’s name)
Bring books for your child to read in the car while he or she runs errands with you
Look up words in the dictionary with your child
Encourage your child to start a collection of rocks, stamps, etc.
Encourage your child to show his or her schoolwork to your relatives and friends
When traveling, read road signs with your child. Discuss what they mean.
Show your child how to use a yardstick, ruler, and tape measure for measuring objects around the house
Provide counting experiences for your child
Show your child how to count change
Give your child a special place (box, dishpan, etc.) to keep items he or she must take to school each morning. (This ends last minute searching for library books, papers, bike keys, etc., all of which can cause your child to be late for school.)
Show your child how to tell time
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