Great Beginnings Bag

Materials

Inside the Great Beginnings bag you will find materials that will help prepare your child for Kindergarten. The contents inside the bag are:

It is important to read to your child each day. It will help build their literacy skills.

When introducing your child to books it's important to teach them pre-reading behaviours:

-how to hold and care for a book,

-is the spine on the left,

-we open the book 1 page at a time from front to back,

-we read left to right

- alphabet letters make words

When reading to your child, ask them:

Ask your child sing the alphabet song and point to the letters as they sing.
When you point to a letter ask your child what letter it is, what sound does it make and words that begin with that letter.
Have your child practice making their name and words with the magnets.
Match letters with other letters around the house

Have your child practice holding a pencil and crayon using proper grip (as shown in the picture).
Practice coloring in pictures or creating pictures. Remind them to stay inside the lines when coloring.
Practice writing words and numbers they see around their home

Practice throwing, catching , trapping and kicking the ball
Play fun games such as counting how many times you can catch the ball
Put on some music and dance with the ball
Practice playing with the ball at different heights: low, middle and high in the air
Practice moving the ball to different spaces (above/over, under, beside, in front, behind)

Each student has their own work space and basket

Each kindergarten classroom has a washroom

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