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Goals for Students Entering Kindergarten:
Goals for Students Entering Kindergarten:
Attention and Focus - Carries out simple investigations using familiar strategies, tools, or sources of information; Uses simple strategies to manage their own behavior or feelings; Works through challenges on their own
Social-Emotional Learning - Describes their own and others' preferences and feelings and engages in roles in pretend play with others
Oral Language - Engages in conversations with a shared focus, contributing clarifying comments or building on the other person’s ideas
Reading - Extends literacy activities by retelling a story, drawing pictures about a story, or acting out a story
Writing - Writes own name and several words or a few simple phrases, but may make errors
Over the summer, please encourage your child to:
Over the summer, please encourage your child to:
Play!
Read books and listen to stories.
Write about everything.
Have FUN with letters and sounds!
Play letter games
Move their bodies as often as possible!
Explore educational apps
Choose daily from a menu of at-home learning options
Develop their Social-Emotional skills
Engage in Super Science at Home experiments
Some websites we recommend for LIMITED amounts of time:
Some websites we recommend for LIMITED amounts of time:
Storyline Online - YouTube channel with many books read aloud
Dr. Jean and Friends - singing, playing, moving and learning
Some fun summer project ideas for your Kindergartner:
Some fun summer project ideas for your Kindergartner:
Make up their own scavenger hunt for the family Example Color Scavenger Hunt Video
Make DIY fun letter projects
Create a family book of favorite recipes with short videos showing "How to" make the recipes
Record favorite family stories together using photographs on your phone
Create and perform a family play or musical together
Explore one of your child's interests or wonderings together through ebooks, websites, and/or interviews with family and friends and support your child in teaching others what they've learned through drawing, writing, recording and/or building
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