Get prepared for Kindergarten!

What should your child know before entering kindergarten? I'm going to share with you some of the most important things that you can be doing at home to help your child succeed in school. 

1. Indentifying upper case letters. 

2. Indentifying lower case letters. 

3. Identifying numbers 0 through 10.

Tip: dollar tree has flash cards for a dollar or you can make your own using index cards.

4. One to one correspondence, means counting the correct number of objects. 

Tip: use objects of interest to your child likes, for example toy cars.

5. Being able to count by one's up to 20 is crucial, being able to count to 100 is great too! 

6. Letter sounds are important. 

Tip: there are some great apps that teach these like Starfall or videos online that are fun to watch as well to make learning fun! 

7. Read plenty of books 

Tip: when reading talk about the author, illustrator, title and new words. This increases vocabulary, which is very important. 

8. Rhyming words. For example box and fox, pig and big, win and pin.