Start Ready Guilde for entering Kindergarten
The Chamber's Education Committee has created a Start-Ready Guide for parents of children entering kindergarten.
Children will enter Kindergarten at different ages and at different stages of development. As a result, each child will have mastered a variety and range of physical, behavioral and academic skills when they begin school. This guide is designed to provide parents with a list of important basic skills that their children will use in school. You can help your child be better prepared to begin Kindergarten by exposing them to as many of these skills as are developmentally appropriate. (Mastery of specific skills will also vary among children).
Physical Skills
- Able to dress self.
- Able to care for personal needs (e.g., go to toilet, wipe runny nose, etc.).
- Can use pencils and crayons.
- Can use scissors appropriately.
Behavioral Skills
- Knows how to share and take turns.
- Able to sit quietly and listen.
- Able to follow directions.
- Respectful and courteous to adults and other children (i.e., good manners).
- Demonstrates good table manners while eating (i.e. can use fork and spoon).
Academic Skills
- Recognizes basic colors.
- Can recognize and draw simple shapes
- Can count to 10 and recognizes numbers 1-5.
- Can recite ABCs and recognizes some letters.
- Familiar with popular children's literature and nursery rhymes.
- Can write first name, and knows full name, address, phone number and birthday.
To print a copy of the Start Ready flyer, please click on a link below:
