| Sarah Hannaleck | Teacher | |
| Katie Jesse | Teacher | |
| Laurie Ponos | Teacher | |
| Megan Prather | Teacher | |
| Michele Sanguinetti | Teacher |
Social Situations
Socially, the children will be part of a cooperative classroom culture when they are in Kindergarten. You can help them to be successful by preparing them to:
- Know how to play nicely with other children, and how to use their words to solve problems.
- Know how to share and care with others.
- Play games to learn turn taking and "losing gracefully"
Information You Need
Kindergarten
Preparing for Kindergarten
Upon entry to kindergarten, you can do many things to prepare your child. You can prepare them to:
- Go to the bathroom by themselves
- Hold a pencil properly
- cut with scissors
- recognize letters in their name
- know basic shapes
- recognize some numbers
- know most of their colors
- sit and listen to a story
- follow 2 to 3 step oral directions
- teaching them to master tying, nose wiping, washing hands, clothing
What we COVERED at Parent Orientation
Back to School Night
Engagement
More tips for a successful start:
- Talk to your child as often as possible. For example, talk about the colors of the vegetables in the grocery store.
- Make reading part of the daily routine. Try to find 10-15 minutes each day to sit down, read and talk about a book.
- Play listening games. Hide a small object and give your child directions on how to find it.
- Sing songs and play rhyming games.
- Point out letters and numbers in everyday places.
- Offer your child lots of encouragement. Children who are self-confident learn to read and write more easily.
- Take your child to parks where s/he can socialize with other children.
