Kindergarten Readiness

Dallas School District Kindergarten Readiness Tasks

Here are some suggestions to help your child prepare for Kindergarten all of which can be worked on throughout the summer.

Supplies needed to get ready for Kindergarten: Pencil, crayons, safety scissors, alphabet flash cards, and number and domino flash cards

-Help your child to hold and use a pencil or crayon correctly to draw, trace, print, and color. "Pinch it with thumb and pointer finger"

-Help your child name the letters of the alphabet. Have your child touch each letter and say the alphabet, rather than sing it.

-Make the letters and numbers from clay to help strengthen hand muscles.

-Play a matching game with the number and domino cards.

-Practice printing first name (upper case letters are fine right now).

-Make shapes for your child and have your child trace them with different color crayons.

-Make shapes with chalk on the driveway or on a slate.

-Do the same with your child’s name and with other letters and numbers.

-Make shapes on paper that your child can practice cutting out with safety scissors.

-Draw a series of lines across a paper for your child to cut. Or draw some simple curved or zigzag lines for cutting on.

-Count pennies, buttons, toys, etc. to 10 and later to 20. Use the work mat as an aid, or use a ruler or calendar to help your child point to and identify the numbers when counting.

-Play simple board games and card games. Use spinners and dice. Practice turn taking... waiting your turn.

-Read, Read and Read some more. Discuss the pictures and the story.

-Practice sitting and listening to stories, nursery rhymes and fairy tales.

-Practice proper bathroom manners, (boys lift the seat), flushing and good health practices...blowing your nose, using a tissue, not hands and fingers or clothes, proper hand washing, covering your mouth when sneezing or coughing.

-Keep this list and check off what your child accomplished. He/ she can bring it to Kindergarten to show the teacher in the Fall.

Dallas School District Kindergarten Readiness Tasks List

The tasks are skills that children need before they come to Kindergarten. All are equally important.

The skills included are;

Fine Motor Skills - strengthening the muscles of the hand for later printing and drawing.

Visual Perceptual Skills - Coordination of eye and hand activities for many activities used throughout the school year.

Reading Readiness and Language Skills

Numeration and Counting Skills

Math Skills for problem solving.

Large Motor Skills that help with coordination.

Social Skills to help all of us get along and learn good manners.

Self Help Skills to help everyone be healthy.

Please know that we are concerned for all the children and appreciate your help and cooperation.

Sincerely,

The Kindergarten Teachers