Sample Activities from the Family Guide With activities spanning several content areas, the bilingual Family Guide provides expert guidance for each early development milestone. It also includes detailed standards information to help families make a smooth transition to school.
Kindergarten Readiness and Transition Checklist
Use this handy checklist to prepare your child for school.
Checklist to build family and child confidence as they prepare for school
Encourages student well-being throughout a new transition
Foster Confidence and Positive Feelings Help your child feel confident and valued . Praise your child’s strengths and accomplishments. Pay attention to your child’s ideas. Teach your child ways to calm down , such as taking deep breaths or silently repeating a positive message. Let your child know that different feelings are okay , but not all actions are . “It’s okay to be upset, but it’s not okay to hit someone.” Build Literacy Routines Read aloud to your child every day! Play with language, letters, and sounds every day. See the activities in this guide. Visit the library regularly. Read books,
Plan Ahead Pick up school registration forms from your child’s school. Complete registration forms as early as possible. You will likely need your child’s vaccination record, birth certificate, and more. Build Comfort and Excitement Visit the school with your child. Show your child where pick-up and drop-off will take place. Find out if there are school tours or open-house dates. Ask if your child can come along. Build excitement. Talk about how school will be an enjoyable place to learn and meet friends.
join story times, and get a calendar of children’s activities. Check out music and movies your child will enjoy.
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Make Some Noise
Sounds for literacy, bath-time play for science, and more
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FEATURED ACTIVITY
LISTEN FOR SOUNDS Literacy Standard: Plays With Sounds and Words
IDENTIFY SOUNDS Point out the beginning sound in your child’s name. “Sofia starts with the sss sound. Let’s see what we can find that starts with sss . Listen, soup starts with sss !”
Literacy and learning are encouraged and incorporated in everyday moments
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT Standard: Uses Large Motor Skills
APPROACHES TO LEARNING Standard: Takes Initiative
Aligned to standards across literacy, math, social studies, and more
VOICE A CHOICE Taking initiative is when your child makes choices
HOP AND JUMP Ask your child to be your mirror as you jump on both feet. Then experiment with hopping on one foot. Build school readiness skills by counting hops and telling which foot to hop on—left or right. SCIENCE Standard: Investigates Living and Nonliving Things WILL IT FLOAT? Bring some water toys and objects (soap, sponge, plastic cup) to bath time. Test which ones float and which ones sink. Ask your child to make a guess before you test each one.
independently about what to do. When taking initiative, your child interacts with others and begins new activities without being asked. Help by encouraging your child to invite someone to play.
LITERACY Standard: Uses New Vocabulary
LEARN VOCABULARY Talk with your child about what is happening around you. In the store, “Look at those bright yellow lemons! Which lemon should we pick?” And in the car, “The traffic light tells us when to stop and when to go.”
Letter sounds and syllables are part of the foundation for learning to read! "
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