Kindergarten Transition

Registered for Kindergarten- 2023-24 : Please fill out your students' and where they are registered for Kindergarten

• Franklin Goes to School, Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark

• Froggy Goes to School, Jonathon London

• Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten, Amy Schwartz

• Lucy’s Picture, Nicola Moon

• We Like Kindergarten, Clara Cassidy

• Will I Have A Friend?,  Miriam Cohen

• Starting School, Althea

• Boomer Goes to School, Constance W.George

• First Day of School, Kim Jackson

• Best Friends, Catherine Kenworthy

• The Kissing Hand, Audrey Penn

For Children:

1. _______ Visit in kindergarten classrooms

2. _______ Eat in school cafeteria/eat on trays

3. _______ Follow up files for current health assessment and needed immunizations

4. _______ Begin to wait in common area with kindergarten children (with PreK teacher supervision)

5. _______ End-of-year celebration 

6. _______ Experience journal writing

7. _______ Practice raising hands for recognition

8. _______ Visit in media center and computer lab (if not already doing this during the school year)

9. _______ Kindergarten children visit in pre-k classroom/guest readers

10. _______ Field day with kindergarten

11. _______ Books about kindergarten

12. _______ Meet with other school personnel 

For Families:

1. _______ Eat lunch in cafeteria; if possible

2. _______ Attend parent meetings throughout school year

3. _______ Actively participate in PTO, be a school volunteer, mentor, etc.

4. _______ Report into office when arriving for an early pick-up, late check-in, etc.

5. _______ Receive information about kindergarten 

6. _______ See that children have completed health assessment and current immunizations 

7. _______ Register child for kindergarten

8. _______  Attend May 2 Kindergarten Transition event at Gaston County Main Library

9. _______ View the online Kindergarten Here We Come Handbook

10. _______ Meet with IEP team to plan for k transition

11. _______ Attend end-of-year conference

12. _______  Meet kindergarten teachers, principal and have chance for questions, etc.

13. _______  Visit this website to learn about Literacy development for children ages 3-Kindergarten

14. _______  Open House at Kindergarten site; meet and greet with teacher

15. _______  Link to Handouts for Summer Skills/Activities 

For Teachers:

1. _______ Follow up with families in registering for kindergarten

2. _______ Talk to children about kindergarten

3. _______ Provide end-of-year conferences

4. _______ Encourage prompt arrival and pick-up of children throughout school year

5. _______ Provide school policies, handbooks, etc.

6. _______ Provide means for regular communication between classroom and family

7. _______ Ask for written excuses for absences throughout the school year

8. _______ Encourage use of book bags

9. _______ Introduce children to all school personnel

10. _______ Design a START session or other parent workshop around the transition to kindergarten

11. _______ Meet with IEP team for transition meetings

12. _______ TSG Kindergarten Transition document

13. _______ Family luncheon based on kindergarten transition

14. _______ K and pre-k teacher meet together, sharing information about children

15. _______ Provide portfolio of pre-k child’s work to family, and or K teacher