This lesson introduces school readiness and ways parents can support their children to be school-ready.
Parents understand how they can support their child to be school-ready.
Watch the video on how building a strong foundation in language, literacy, thinking, and social-emotional skills starts at birth.
Reflect on the video:
What does it mean for your child to be school ready?
School readiness refers to whether a child is ready to make an easy and successful transition into school, families are ready to support a child's learning, and schools are ready to provide a child with high quality learning experiences.
People often think of academics (e.g. writing their name/letters, counting to 10, knowing the colors) as the important school readiness skills, but school readiness actually refers to a much broader range of skills in each of the following domains:
You will learn more about each of these skills in the last three units.
The development of school readiness skills allows teachers to further develop a child’s skills in the specific areas of social and emotional development, language and communication, cognitive, and physical development.
They are more likely to graduate from high school.
They are more likely to attend college.
They are more likely to earn more and have a stable job.
Review the handout below that lists some key skills or milestones for children.
“What do you notice about the milestones for children that are key to being school ready?”
Review the handout from Zero to Three below that show how children become ready for school.
Reflect on what you learned in this lesson.
Answer the questions in the exit ticket:
3 thing you learned
2 ways you will implement or apply what you learned
1 question you still have