Kindergarten Readiness

As your child gets ready for Kindergarten, review the following skills and resources to prepare for the first year of primary school.

Getting Ready Skills/Strategies

1. Physical Development & Motor Skills

• Gross motor skills activities for little kids
• Motor skills for preschoolers
• Improve kids' fine motor skills with 30 materials & activities
• Kindergarten hand exercises

2. Language Development & Letter Recognition

• 10 letter recognition activities
• Letter recognition: Creative and hands-on ways to teach the alphabet
• Practice name writing in 12 fun ways for preschoolers
• Creative and fun name activities

3. Academic Skills/Cognitive Development

• 8 ways to teach children their address and phone number
• Safety Skills: How to teach your child to memorize his phone number
• Book and print awareness: Getting ready to read

4. Social Emotional Skills

• 5 social skills that are important for kindergarten

Learning Goals