Get Ready for Kindergarten
Video
Keys to Kindergarten: Is my child ready?
Help your child get ready for kindergarten by supporting development in 4 key areas.
Reading & Writing
Article
9 signs your child is ready for kindergarten
Answer these simple questions to see whether your child is socially & emotionally prepared.
Personal & Social Skills
Prepping for kindergarten through play
These play-based techniques will have your child raring to go on the first day of school.
Personal & Social Skills
Keys to Kindergarten: Vocabulary and oral language development
How to build your child’s language skills in time for kindergarten.
Reading & Writing
Developing oral language through dramatic play
There is so much to be learned through dramatic play, especially when it comes to vocabulary and oral language development.
Reading & Writing
Activity
Home campout!
Set the stage for a great adventure right at home – and a love of reading to boot.
Language Learning
Developing oral language through nursery rhymes
Nursery Rhymes contribute to the foundational skills young children need in their oral language development.
Language Learning
Keys to Kindergarten: Attention to visual details
Learn how to build your child’s sensory skills in time for kindergarten.
Logic & Problem Solving
Lemony learning activities
When life gives you lemons, make learning activities for the kids!
Language Learning
Printable
Smelly lemon art
This art printable will provide your child with a yummy smelling sensory experience.
Science
Summer sensory garden
A garden is a beautiful place, but have you ever thought about how your 5 senses can help you enjoy your garden?
Science
Keys to Kindergarten: Small motor control
Help give your child the motor control necessary for kindergarten.
Personal & Social Skills
Silly sand play
Make learning letters a treat with tempting materials kids love to touch.
Reading & Writing
Motor skill magic
Fine tune fine motor skills with techniques created by a teacher.
Reading & Writing
Top 4 ways to improve handwriting
Try these teacher tips for building motor skills and coordination kindergarten writers need.
Reading & Writing
Keys to Kindergarten: Social & emotional development
3 ways to tell if your child is socially & emotionally ready for the next step
Personal & Social Skills
Feelings tracker
Enhance those all-important empathy skills by pinpointing feelings in a photo book.
Personal & Social Skills
Hey Diddle Diddle
Create simple puppets with your child and retell the Hey Diddle Diddle nursery rhyme.
Reading & Writing
Ready for Kindergarten: Social-emotional milestones
4 ways to tell if your child is socially & emotionally ready for the next step.
Personal & Social Skills
Ready for Kindergarten: Academic milestones
4 ways to tell if your child is academically ready for the next step.
Reading & Writing
Ready for School: First grade literacy & social studies milestones
6 ways to tell if your child is ready for first-grade literacy and social studies.
Reading & Writing
Ready for School: Second grade literacy & social studies milestones
5 ways to tell if your child is ready for second-grade literacy and social studies.
Social Studies
Ready for School: First grade math & science milestones
3 ways to tell if your child is ready for first-grade math and science.
Mathematics
Ready for School: Second grade math & science milestones
4 ways to tell if your child is ready for second-grade math and science.
Mathematics
Ready for Pre-K: Academic milestones
4 ways to tell if your child is academically ready for the next step.
Creativity & Life Skills
Ready for Pre-K: Social-emotional milestones
4 ways to tell if your child is socially & emotionally ready for the next step.
Personal & Social Skills