Tips for kindergarten moms on how to get their children ready for school and understand why kindergarten is important for a head start at school.
This article helps parents of preschoolers understand the importance of play in preschool. Here parents also find information on how play gets children ready for school and examples and resources to develop necessary skills for school readiness.
Making friends is an important part of early years development and can have a lifelong impact on children. But how can parents and preschool teachers teach children friendship skills. Here are some tips, strategies for creating the right teaching environment and preschool activities to teach preschool friendship skills in easy, practical ways.
5 tips for the first day of school for parents of new kindergarten students. These tips will help your kids have a great first day!
Parents often wonder How to get their pre-schoolers ready for school. For children to succeed at school, they first need to develop skills that gets them ready to learn, focus and develop a positive attitude towards learning. Outdoor play plays an important role in doing just that. This article helps parents understand why outdoor play is essential for school readiness.
Do you feel like your preschooler's short attention span is getting in the way of learning? Here are some simple preschool activities and games that can help improve the attention span of your preschooler
This article shares what dramatic play is, how to use dramatic play in the classroom or at home with preschool children, benefits of dramatic play and strategies on how to promote it. It also explains what essential skills dramatic play develops for school readiness.
Home schooling pre schoolers made easy for parents who are introducing shapes learning to their young children. This shapes activity printable has been custom designed for children's shapes book 'Todd the Frog goes on the Shape Button Mission'. The shapes activity printable is designed with the characters and scenarios of the book which will make shapes learning more interesting and engaging for the pre schoolers. Parents can use the activity bundle without the book but shapes learning will definitely be more effective when used in conjunction of the book. Kids love Todd the Frog! check it out!!
Here parents and preschool/ kindergarten teachers will find a complete number activity bundle for their number learning station. The bundle includes interactive activities for counting, one to one correspondence and number recognition skill with a complete user guide.
Help your child develop important social skills through fun games and activities designed for preschool children. Our informative guide provides tips, strategies, and a printable PDF to support parents and educators in teaching social skills to their little ones.
This is what parents of kindergarten students need to know in order for YOU to have a successful year in kindergarten.
Use these starting school checklists as a way to help prepare your child for school. Colour in the skills they can do and challenge them to develop new skills!
Is your Child Ready for School? - Effective Transitions Is my child ‘ready’ for school? How can I ensure my child’s transition to school is smooth and successful? – These are common questions many parents have in the beginning process of school readiness. This blog will provide you with useful information based on frequently asked…
This School Readiness Program template is used by Educators in the Preschool Room a year before formal schooling. The School Readiness Program templat...
The Good Behavior Game at American Institutes for Research
10 things you never knew you needed to know before your child starts kindergarten
With school right around the corner, many children are already feeling anxious about the start of the academic year and everything it brings, especially...
Dreading the preschool drop off every day? Does your child have separation anxiety? Follow these 7 guidelines.
This tip is for teachers and parents! It is extremely important that children are as prepared as possible for the start of their school career. A strong foundation is so beneficial for future learning. One way to prepare future students is to help them learn how to work with others. Playing with others is a great way to practice this important skill. Teachers - share this tip with parents. Parents - arrange those play dates. Follow Leigh’s Library for more school readiness tips!
