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What Your Child Should Know and Be Able to Do Upon Entering Kindergarten
Some personal, social, intellectual and health related needs your kids should know before entering kindergarten.
Ready or Not...Preparing Young Children for the Classroom
There is no one quality or skill that children need to do well in school--a combination of factors contribute to school success. These include physical well-being, social and emotional maturity, language skills, and an ability to solve problems.
Source: National Association for the Education of Young Children
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Kindergarten: Ready or Not?
While once upon a time, kindergarten was full of four and five-year-olds, many classes today see five and six year olds...
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Kindergarten Readiness Indicators
This is a short checklist that helps you keep track of skills that children have mastered as they move through the...
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Getting to Know My Child: A Guide for My Child's Kindergarten Teacher
Dear Parent or Guardian, Getting ready for school and learning to read and write begins early in your child's...
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A Guide for My Child's Kindergarten Teacher
Dear Parent or Guardian, Getting ready for school and learning to read and write begins early in your child’s...
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Readiness Tests
Schools frequently use the scores from readiness tests to judge whether children are 'ready' for kindergarten or are...
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Transitioning to Kindergarten
As each new school year begins, adults who work with children in the year before kindergarten have much to think about....
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Separation Anxiety Disorder
Many children experience separation anxiety between the ages of 18 months and three years old. It is normal for children...
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What is Happening Now? Almost Five
Language and Learning Questions! Questions! You may have noticed that lots of questions start with "why," "how,"...
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He Has a Summer Birthday: The Kindergarten Entrance Age Dilemma
Is it a disadvantage to be among the youngest, rather than the oldest, in a kindergarten class? What does the research...
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Academic Redshirting and Young Children
The term redshirting originally referred to postponing a college athlete's participation in regular season games for one...
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