Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Getting Ready for Kindergarten

Getting Ready for Kindergarten (A Calendar of Family Activities)
Parents can access this at the link below.


http://humanservices.arkansas.gov/dccece/classroom_docs/DHS_RICalendar.pdf


WEEK 1
Create a reading area for your child.
✿ Store your child’s books in a special place such as a basket or drawer or on a low shelf.
✿ Place a small rug or pillow in the area to create a cozy and comfortable place for reading.
✿ Join your child and enjoy reading together.
✿ Talk with your child about how to care for books, including how
 to return books to their storage place


Makes simple predictions and 
comments about a story being read
Retells a simple story such as The Three 
Little Pigs after listening to it while 
looking at the pictures in the book
Holds and looks at book correctly; for 
example, holds the book right side up 
and turns the pages one at a time from 
front to back.



Bring along a book bag containing some of 
your child’s favorite books when you leave home. 
Your child can read in the car, on the bus, at the 
laundromat or at the doctor’s office. You can read 
with your child as you wait together.


Begin the ”Memories of Our Year“ section of the 
calendar by recording activities you and your child 
do together. Here are some examples for September:
Start a list of books you have read with your child.
Place a star by your child’s favorite books.
Your child may draw a picture after you read a story. 
Add the picture to the ”Memories of Our Year” 
section.



Suggested Books to Read with Your Child
Clifford’s First School Day by Norman Bridwell, Scholastic (1999)
Corduroy by Don Freeman, Viking (1968) 
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, Harpercollins (1947), Clement Hurd, illustrator
If You Take A Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff, Harpercollins, (2002), Felicia Bond, 
illustrator
The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone, Clarion (1979)
Web Sites 
http://www.naeyc.org/resources/eyly/1998/19.asp
http://www.scholastic.com/families/
http://www.hssd.k12.wi.us/readingchild.htm




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