THE KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION: I S YOUR C HIL D R EADY ? BY LAURA BOYCOURT
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“She can’t read yet!” “What if he’s just not ready socially?” “But her lowercase ‘e’s . . . she still writes them backwards!”
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Take a deep breath, parents of preschoolers. While kindergarten is on the horizon and worries about what your January 25, 2020 child isn’t able to do yet loom large, you BY MS. BARBARA MILLER 10 a.m.–2 p.m. don’t need to panic. We’ve surveyed a group of local experts—trained and moreisinfo on our at the whole campus of important A school newsletter a great waywebsite to inform experienced teachers and school ChesapeakeFamily.com/PreschoolFair issues and updates concerning the student body, faculty, and any person administrators—to learn more about the skills and abilities that reflect your relevant to the school. This reading material is distributed regularly. Hence, young student’s potential readiness the editorial board must always provide up-to-date content that readers for content, kindergarten. newsletters must should find useful and informative. Apart from the
What are the most important social skills kids should have going into kindergarten? According to these teachers and preschool pros, compassion, empathy, communication, and the ability to share are among the most important social skills that kids need to have prior to kindergarten. Being able to follow multiLet Your Children step directions, separate smoothly from parents, and take Play - 2 turns also stood out. Patience and self-control, perhaps two of the most difficult skills for young children to master, were also at the top of the list. And let’s not forget being Experimentation - 3 potty-trained; kids are expected to be
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