"Most children are eager to learn and to join the world of the bigger kids who already go to school.
But, like other big steps in life, beginning school can arouse many different feelings." (Fred Rogers)
To help your child prepare to enter kindergarten, here are some resources for soon to be students, and their parents.
The Bittersweet Song of September by Beverly Beckham
Starting Kindergarten by Fred Rogers
Preparing for Kindergarten - Skills Your Child Should Have At The Beginning and End of Kindergarten
Picture Books About Starting School (Little Parachutes)
Skills parents can practice with kids before entering kindergarten
In preparing children for kindergarten, parents can practice some of the self-help skills that children will need daily:
Doing up buttons and zippers on clothes
Putting on shoes and boots
Tying shoelaces
Opening snack items or lunch containers
Putting straws into juice containers
Putting on snow/winter gear
Opening and closing a backpack
Managing a lunchbox
Using tissues and covering a cough
Bathroom routines, washing hands, fastening clothes
Helping Your Kindergartener With Separation Anxiety