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Early Literacy Information
The Get Ready to Read! screening tool is based on the latest research on how young children learn to read. Children who enter kindergarten with strong pre-reading skills are more likely to become strong readers and students. Here is some basic information about those skills and how they are ...
Source: Get Ready to Read (National Center for Learning Disabilities)
Kindergarten Readiness Indicators
This is a short checklist that helps you keep track of skills that children have mastered as they move through the pre-kindergarten year. You can use one checklist for each child, and check off skills in the fall, winter and late spring. Some children will not possess all of the skills included ...
Source: Get Ready to Read (National Center for Learning Disabilities)
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Mastery of Early Math and Reading Skills by Kindergarten Linked to Better School Performance Later
Everyone knows letters and numbers are a basic part of any good preschool curriculum. But a new study shows just how...
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Get Set for Kindergarten...With These Books!
Kindergarten is a big transition. And it can be hard, especially in the beginning. Getting a child geared up for...
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Don't Cover the Pictures!
Emerging readers love to boast, "I can read!" Sometimes they sneak looks at the pictures to give them clues about the...
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Get Ready to Read! Literacy Checklists
Use the literacy checklists, below, to create a literacy-friendly home or classroom. Viewing and printing the...
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Writing: What Happens in Kindergarten?
Have you been waiting for the day when your child starts writing on paper instead of everything else? That day is here,...
Source: Education.com
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