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Encourage your child to be independent!
Encourage your child to be independent!
Have your child work on becoming more independent:
Putting on their own indoor and outdoor clothing (sock, shoes, underwear, pants, coat, etc.).
Work on opening the lunch containers, zippers, backpacks, etc. that they will be using for school.
Practice giving your child two-step directions in a task.
Give your child time to play!
Give your child time to play!
All children need free time to simply play. Giving your child time to play is not wasted time. It’s just the opposite, as playing provides children with many developmental benefits. Physical play helps children develop their motor skills, and very young children often do practice play by repeating the same movements over and over again in order to master them.
Group play helps children learn social skills, including how to resolve conflicts through negotiation and compromise, how to be persuasive and how to express their desires. Much of the benefit of social play comes when children learn to work out their own conflicts, with as little assistance from adults as possible.
Engage in daily conversations and reading with your child!
Engage in daily conversations and reading with your child!
Each day engage in back-and-forth uninterrupted conversations. Make sure these conversations have at least 3-5 back-and-forth exchanges.
Read with your child EVERY DAY- It can be hard to always find time to read together but make it part of the routine each day. This will have a SIGNIFICANT effect on your child's literacy development and well-being.
What you can do now?
What you can do now?
Talk with your child, ask questions, explore together.
Read stories to your child every day. Talk about ideas and information in the stories.
Encourage your child to make decisions by offering choices. Encourage your child to solve everyday problems.
Encourage your child to experiment with writing and drawing. Help your child to recognize their own name in print.
Offer opportunities for your child to walk, stretch, hop, jump, run, dance, skip or swing -- both indoors and outdoors.
Help your child to learn and follow routines by establishing consistent routines at home. (e.g., using the toilet, putting away toys, hanging up outdoor clothing, morning and bedtime routines).
Encourage your child to practice buttoning, zipping zippers, tying shoelaces, and using child-safe scissors.
Ready for Kindergarten, KFL&A Public Health, 2019
Give your child opportunities without you.
Give your child opportunities without you.
Have your child engage in opportunities or activities without you, like:
Play-dates
Daycare
Swimming lessons
Trips to visit other family members
Spending time in independent play
This allows your child to get used to doing activities without their parent, so they can build confidence and autonomy and ease the transition into school.
Preparing for Kindergarten
Preparing for Kindergarten
Here are some links you may find helpful in preparing you and your child for Kindergarten.
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