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Kindergarten Readiness Skills

These resources have been selected to guide parents as they work with their children at home. 

• Demonstrate basic fine motor skills-The goal is for your child to hold a pencil correctly and use scissors appropriately.  It is important to build the muscles in your little one’s hands first.  These activities will help with that.
• Fine Motor Ideas from PreKinders.com https://www.prekinders.com/fine-motor-skills/
• 3 tricks to help kids learn to hold their pencil correctly http://mamaot.com/3-tricks-to-help-kids-learn-to-hold-their-pencil-correctly/
• Scissors skills with The Virtual Therapist-watch until the end for some suggestions on good scissors to use https://youtu.be/TT3PCQTBdeM 

• Recognize and Write name-Capital only at the beginning
• Name writing with The Virtual Therapist https://youtu.be/Mj-DqfEnYzw 
• Free Name Tracing printable powerfulmothering.com/free-personalized-my-name-tracing-printable/  

• Know letter names-lowercase and capital
• Alphabet Songs for Preschool Kids to Sing and Dance Along To https://fun-a-day.com/alphabet-songs/
• Create Letters with Duplos https://www.123homeschool4me.com/free-brick-style-alphabet-mats-we-use_19
• DIY Tactile Letter Cards https://teachingmama.org/homemade-tactile-letter-cards/

• Number sense: Count to 20, name numbers to 5 count objects to 5
• Free Counting Playdough mats https://teaching2and3yearolds.com/free-counting-playdough-printable-mats-for-toddlers-and-preschoolers/
• DIY Math Counting Cards https://teaching2and3yearolds.com/preschool-math-diy-counting-cards/

• Recognize basic shapes-circle, square, triangle, rectangle
• Fostering Shape Recognition in Preschool http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2012/10/fostering-shape-recognition-in.html
• Gross Motor Shape Recognition Activity https://www.giftofcuriosity.com/gross-motor-shapes-activity/

• Extend a pattern 2 steps (what comes next in the pattern?)
• 15 simple ways to teach patterns to preschoolers https://www.themeasuredmom.com/simple-ways-teach-patterns-preschoolers/
• Concepts of Print-find the front of a book, point to where you should read first, understand that print holds meaning, predict what a book will be about
• Silly Ways to Teach Print Awareness https://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/raise-a-reader-blog/silly-ways-to-teach-print-awareness.html
• Draw a self portrait with 9 or more parts
• Drawing Myself from Picklebums https://picklebums.com/easy-art-for-kids-drawing-myself/
• Guided Drawing from Kindergarten Chaos https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSZwTne5ZED9ov1f7RIRKofqqwSFcAUp4aHxg7isb6XxvRl3Gny-CVpZZWzrg1_EGP3WQ4rYlxzVnv0/pub 
• Self-help practices-zip jackets, buttoning pants, tying shoes, using the restroom on your own, open lunch items.
• Ways to Encourage Self-Help Skills in Children https://childcare.extension.org/ways-to-encourage-self-help-skills-in-children/

This resource may provide  information and guidance in preparing your child for school:

https://www.pta.org/docs/default-source/files/family-resources/2018/family-guides/familyguide-kindergarten.pdf