what you can do to get your child ready for kindergarten · 2016-12-19 · what you can do to get...
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What you can do to get your child ready for Kindergarten
Letter Identification
•SingtheAlphabetSongwithyourchild.
•Playgamesusingthealphabet.For example:IspysomethingthatbeginswiththeletterM.
•Withyourchildsittingnexttoyou,printthelettersofyourchild’snameonpaperand sayeachletterasyouwriteit.
•Helpyourchildtospellandwritehis/hername.Atfirsthe/shemayusejustafewletters. For example:JennymightusethelettersJNY.
•Withyourchild,makeanamesignforyourchild’sroom.
•Pointoutindividuallettersinsigns,posters,foodcontainerslikecerealboxes, menus,posters,ormagazines.
•ReadABCbookswithyourchild.
•GiveyourChildapagefromamagazine.Circlealetteronthepageandhave him/hercirclematchingletters.
•WatchTVshowswithyourchild,suchas“BetweentheLions“,“BluesClues,”and “SesameStreet”thatfeatureletterlearningactivitiesforyourchildren.
Phonics
•Lookatpicturesorobjects.Askyourchildtosaythesoundthepictureorobjectbeginswith.
•Haveyourchildfindanotherpictureorobjectthatbeginswiththesamesound.
•Asyoureadastoryorpoem,askyourchildtolistenforandsaywordsthatbeginwith thesamesound.Thenhavehim/herthinkofandsayanotherwordthatbeginswiththe samesound.
•Writelettersonpiecesofpaperandputtheminapaperbag.Haveyourchildpullout apaperfromthebagandsaythenameoftheletterandthesoundthatitrepresents. Thenhavehim/hersayawordthatbeginswiththesamesound.
•Cutpicturesfrommagazinesordrawpicturestohelpyourchildmakehis/herown alphabetbook.
•Letyourchildhavefunwritingthealphabetletters,his/hername,andstories.Letyour childsharehis/herwriting.Praiseyourchild’sefforttowrite.
Word Recognition
•Placealphabetmagnetsonyourrefrigerator.Encourageyourchildtomakesimplewords. For example:cat,dog,mom,dad.
•Readbookswithyourchildandpointoutcommonwords. For example:the,I,go,a,and,see,like,me,you.
What you can do to get your child ready for Kindergarten
Oral Language & Vocabulary
•Talkwithyourchildaboutdailyroutinesandexperiences.
•Readbookswithyourchildandtalkaboutthestoryorinformation.
•Askyourchildquestions.
•Encourageyourchildtospeakinsentences.
•Encourageyourchildtoplayandtalkwithotherchildren.
•Provideopportunitiesforyourchildtodoandseenewthings.Goforwalks inyourneighborhood,visittheZoo,Library,andotherplacesofinterest.
•Provideopportunitiesforyourchildtodraw,dance,listentomusic,andmakemusic. Talkaboutit.
•Provideopportunitiesforyourchildtohavehands-onexperiencestodothingsinthe world.For example:touchobjects,petanimals,observebugs,helpwithcooking,smell andtastefoods,watchcarsandtrucksmove.Talkabouthowobjectslook,smell,andfeel.
•Askyourchildtofollowsimpledirectionsandencouragehim/hertodomanythings independently.For example:gettingdressed,settingthetable,preparingasnack.
Concepts About Print
•Asyoureadwithyourchild:
•Readthetitleonthecover.
•Talkaboutthepictureonthecover.
•Pointtowherethestorystartsandlatertowhereitends.
•Letyourchildhelpturnthepages.
•Whenyoustartanewpage,pointtowherethewordsofthestorycontinue.
•Followthewordsbymovingyourfinderunderneaththewords.
•Encourageyourchildtomovehis/herfingerunderneaththewordsasyouread.
•Singingrhymingsongswithyourchild.
•Readandrecitenurseryrhymeswithyourchild.Asyouread,stopbeforearhyming wordandencourageyourchildtofillintheblank.For example:HumptyDumpty satonawall,HumptyDumptyhadagreat_______.
•Aroundyourhome,pointtoobjectsandsaytheirnames.For example:ball,tall,wall.
•Saythreewordssuchascat,dog,andsatandaskyourchildwhichwordsrhyme.
•Saysillytonguetwisterswithyourchild.For example:PeterPiperpickedapeckof pickledpeppers.
•Helpyourchildmakeupandsaysillysentenceswithlotsofwordsthatstartwiththe samesound.For example:Bettyboughtabig,blueballoon.
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