Keyword: Kindergarten
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Kindergarten Tool Kit
This tool kit is a resource for helping prekindergarten teachers partner with families as their child transitions to kindergarten. These suggestions for supporting kindergarten transition are organized by the seasons (fall, winter, spring, and summer).
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Diverse Families and the Transition to Kindergarten
This podcast is an interview Dr. Sarai Coba-Rodriguez, an assistant professor of educational psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In her research, she uses a family resilience perspective to learn about school readiness and family involvement among low-income Latino and African American families, including their beliefs and practices that promote young children’s successful…
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Get Ready to Read
Set your young child up for reading and writing by building knowledge, skills, and habits that create a strong foundation for future literacy.
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Get Them to School Every Day
Preschool is the ideal time to stress the importance of consistent on-time attendance and encourage strong attendance habits.
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Preventing That Summer Slide
Increasing young DLLs’ language skills and vocabulary in their heritage language is important for learning future academic skills.
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Careful Planning, Collaboration Can Aid Smooth Transition to Kindergarten
Preparing young children with disabilities and their families for the transition to kindergarten begins many months before the start of the new school year.
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Getting Ready for Kindergarten
This list contains a variety of resources associated with getting a child ready for kindergarten.
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Work and Play Together
Here are some ways you can help your child learn to get along with others.
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Talk Together
Everyday conversations are opportunities to help your child learn new words.
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Talk, Listen, and Learn
Young children are developing their ability to express themselves through language. You can help your child build vocabulary and conversation skills by talking together.
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Supporting Adult-Child Relationships
Young children thrive when the adults around them show they care.
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Sorting, Classifying, and Organizing
Sorting and organizing things into sets and groups is an important math skill for young children to develop.
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Read and Write Together
Understanding stories and information that is read aloud is an important skill for young children.
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Making Sense of Numbers
Help your child discover the mathematical world by finding opportunities to bring numbers into conversations and play.
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Learning by Listening to Language
These games will help your child begin to demonstrate an understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds.
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Keep Up the Good Work
Here are some ways you can help them stay with tasks and try hard to complete them even when the job is tough.
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Investigate Together
Encouraging your child’s exploration and wonder helps build a strong foundation for early learning.
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Feelings Are Fantastic
Children are learning the words to express their feelings and how to show feelings in appropriate ways. Here are some ways you can help them to be successful as they learn these important skills.
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Discover Shapes in Many Places
Understanding shapes is an important mathematical skill for young children to develop.
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Discover Letters and Words
You are helping your child develop early reading skills as you talk to your child about the words you see all around you.
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Counting Up, Down, and All Around!
Understanding how much or how many is an important skill for young children to develop. Help your child learn about number quantities by exploring the mathematical world around you!
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Getting Ready for Kindergarten
Is kindergarten right around the corner for your child? Here are some things to think about as the school year approaches.
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Starting Kindergarten? Help Make It a Good Experience!
Starting kindergarten can be an anxious or an exciting experience for children.
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Ease Those First-Day Blues!
These strategies can help teachers and caregivers make it easier for children and parents to get through those first-day blues.
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Starting Kindergarten? Help Make It a Good Experience! Adaptations for Children with Special Needs and Their Families
A new season brings green grass, flowers, and for children who are 5 or turning 5, the end of preschool and beginning plans for kindergarten. How can parents prepare for this new milestone?
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Starting Kindergarten in Illinois
In this document, we respond to a variety of questions about starting Kindergarten in Illinois.