Kindergarten Skills Development: Month 11

Getting Ready to Read

Skills to Practice this Month

• Read to your child every day. Talk together about the pictures and story. Show your child that you are reading the words from left to right, and that when you turn the pages, the story progresses from left to right. Let your child turn the pages. Hold the book upside down. See if your child turns the book around.

• Provide books, magazines and other print materials for your child to handle. Follow your child's interests by allowing him to choose books for himself. Choose books on subjects your child is interested in like trains or cats.

• Provide opportunities to play alphabet games, read alphabet books, and talk about letter names and sounds. Help your child see different shapes in letter and talk about the shape each letter makes.

Health and Wellness

Skills to Practice this Month

• See that your child has had required immunizations and a current health examination. Check with your child's doctor to be sure that she is up to date on required immunizations. Obtain a copy of your child's immunization record. Make an appointment for your child to have a physical examination.

• Help your child develop independence in eating and personal hygiene. Help your child practice blowing her nose and covering sneezes. Be sure your child knows the proper way to wash her hands. Talk to your child about germs and how they can make us sick.

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