tips for k

1. Helpful Tips to Prepare Your Child for
Kindergarten
1. Helpyour child withresponsibility: dressing themselves,
cleaningup,using thebathroomand gettingown snacks.
2. Use goodmanners: “please”and“thankyou”.
3. Talkabout social skills: taking turns, sharing, usingpositive
words andhandlinganger.
4. Print firstname with onlythefirst letterbeinguppercase.
5. Readbooks withyour child everyday andtalkaboutwhat
happens in thestory.
6. Helpdevelopfinemotor skills: holdinga pencil, coloring with
crayons, using gluesticks and scissors.
7. Helpthemto followtwo stepdirections: “Pleasego get your
socks and put themon”.
8. Practice letterandsound recognition: sayletternamesand
sounds everyday andmatch upper andlowercase letters.
9. Practice number recognition: count objectsby touchingand
identifynumbers in print.
10. Practice colorsand shapes.
11. Practice rhyming funwords.
12. Helpbuild child’sself-esteemby praising themforallthe
good thingstheydo! Remind themhow much fun theywill
havein school!