Get Ready for Kindergarten: Essential Skills for a Strong Start

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Well, hello everyone and welcome back to the Education Connection podcast.

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I'm Robin and today we're diving into an important topic for parents, caregivers and early childhood

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educators.

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Kindergarten readiness.

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Whether your little one is just starting their school journey or you're wondering how to

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prepare them for success, I've got you covered.

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So let's talk about essential skills children need before stepping into the kindergarten

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classroom.

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So what does kindergarten readiness mean?

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Kindergarten readiness isn't just about knowing ABCs and one, two, three's and being able to

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say them or count to 10 or count to 20.

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It's about building a foundation of academic, social and self-help skills that will set

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children up for success.

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Kids develop at different paces and that's okay.

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The goal is to ensure they feel confident and prepared for this new adventure.

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Let's break it down into three key areas.

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Academic readiness, number one, number two, social and emotional readiness and number three,

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self-help skills.

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So let's talk about academic readiness first of all.

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Academics play an important role in kindergarten, but they don't have to be overwhelming.

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Before starting school, children benefit from knowing the following.

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Academic colors and shapes, some letters and their sounds.

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So a couple of games that you can play for these is I spy.

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So if you're teaching colors, you can I spy colors that are in the room that you're in.

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I know when my little girl was little, we would sit on the front porch and play I spy

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and I would say I spy something green and of course it was summer so a lot of things

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were green, but then she would guess it and then I spy something yellow so maybe there

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were some flowers around.

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So we would play I spy a lot and even when we were driving, we would play I spy and that

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helped identify colors.

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You can also identify some letters and their sounds.

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So if you are walking through a building and there's a bulletin board, stop for a minute

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and show them that is a letter P and this is a letter L.

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And just have them repeat that and then the next time you walk by, maybe you can ask them

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where do you find the letter F?

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See if you can find the letter B and even if they get it wrong and you point it out,

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it's just making them aware of those letters and recognizing those letters.

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You can also do the three by five cards and play games.

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I'm having them find the letters, you know, put maybe five letters on a table and have

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them find the letter that you call out.

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So if you call out the letter S, they find the letter S and then we can say what the

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sound is for the letter S.

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So just even if it's just a few minutes, every few days, it doesn't even have to be every

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day but you can just practice finding letters and don't forget to say those sounds.

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So recognizing their name in print, you can write their name for them and have them trace

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over that.

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You know, do that every few days and then maybe have their name and put mom next to it

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and dad next to it and then see if they can pick out which one their name is and that

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they can recognize it among other print.

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So counting to 10 is really good but it's also to recognize 10, 1 through 10.

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So if the same is you're going to recognize the letters, you are also going to have them

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recognize the numbers 1 through 10.

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And another really good thing you can do is have them, if you have 10, let's count 10

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things out or let's count 5 beans so you can get the beans out or the macaroni and have

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them count 5.

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So if you have the letters on a 3 by 5 card, you can actually have them, I'm sorry, I said

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letters, I mean numbers.

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So if you have 5 on a 3 by 5 card, on top of that 5 3 by 5 card, you could have them

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put 5 beans or 5 pennies, 5 anything that you have multiples of around the house so that

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they recognize not just the number but what that number means.

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Have them hold a pencil or crayon correctly so practice holding that when they are drawing

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when even when they're coloring or drawing.

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Show them how to hold their pencils, show them how to hold their crayon using scissors

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to cut along a line and understand basic concepts like big and little.

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You, I am big, you are little or your sister is little and you are big.

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Have them talk about more and less.

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So I have 5 beans and you have 10 beans, who has more?

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And they should be able to identify that.

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They have more, if they have 10.

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Also identifying same and different.

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So this would be really good to show them if there's apples and oranges or different kinds

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of fruits that these are the same and then these are different.

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So you can show that in different ways.

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So these skills can be taught through fun activities, reading books together about the

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numbers, reading books about the letters, finding some alphabet books, playing sorting

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games and practicing writing their name.

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The next thing that I would like to talk to you about is their social and emotional readiness.

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So when they transition to kindergarten, it can be a big change because they're just at

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home, they always have you to help them and at school they're not going to have, there

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are going to be adults to help them but not to the extent that they have that at home

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because you know in a classroom you can have 20, 25 students and maybe two adults, sometimes

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only one adult in the classroom.

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And so they need to become a little bit independent in their social and emotional skills.

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And that is just as crucial as academic ones.

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You want them to feel confident when they go in that they can do the following.

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So being able to follow simple directions and routines.

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So you might ask your child, go into the kitchen and get an apple from the basket and bring

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it back to me.

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So just following simple directions, routines and you may already do this in your house.

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If your young child is cleaning up, go to your room and pick up the blocks and put your

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shoes in the closet.

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So giving at least two step directions would be very helpful for them.

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Putting them in situations where they are having to share or take turns.

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And so you might join up at your local library.

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If they don't have regular playtime somewhere, you could go to the library and see if there's

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some playtime there or working in.

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If they are in a daycare, something like that.

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They've already had some of that experience.

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But maybe at church, you know, if you go to the nursery and you have time that they they

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are able to take time to share and take turns with others.

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So think about your routine in your life and what they're doing day to day.

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And maybe they already have siblings that they're having to take turns with and that

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would be that's great.

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But if they don't think about putting them in some extra curricular activities that you

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are there and they would need to take turns with others.

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They should be able to express their feelings with words.

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So talk about if you're feeling sad, use your words.

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I'm sad because that will help them identify with the adult in the classroom, the teacher,

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if they are sad or if they're, you know, if they're feeling some sort of way that they

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are able to express that in words so that it will help the adult know how they can help

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them better.

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Teach them how to sit and listen for a short period, five to 10 minutes.

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So maybe reading a book to them is a good example.

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But not only that, but if they're listening to someone talk, listening to you tell a story

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for five to 10 minutes, just practicing for when the teacher is starting to teach small

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lessons.

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And I'll tell you in kindergarten and even in first grade, lessons are anywhere from

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five to 10 minutes.

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And in first grade, they get a little bit longer, sometimes 12 to 15 minutes even.

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But even in the 12 to 15 minutes in first grade, we take little breaks in between if

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I'm teaching a lesson.

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So most especially at the beginning of the year, your lessons are going to be five to

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10 minutes.

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So your child should be able to sit, maybe crisscross and be able to listen to you telling

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something or listening to you teach them some of the things we just went over in the academics.

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Let them play cooperatively with peers at the playground.

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Playground situations are really good if they can play together, they can get along, that

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they can learn how to take turns in those situations.

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Let them show or have them find opportunities to show curiosity and willingness to try new

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things.

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So maybe you're going to take them to the park and you're going to look for things with

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nature and they're going to find things at the playground that they might not be looking

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for.

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So go find an acorn or go find a pine cone or a leaf and let them try new things that

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they have not done before.

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And you can do that even with tasting different kinds of foods, trying different things.

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Maybe play a new game that they've never played before.

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Look up a game or buy a new game and let them try something that they have never done before

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is just a good activity because there's going to be a lot of new things coming to them in

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kindergarten and introducing them to new things and new ways to do things will just help them

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become confident when those situations arise.

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Practicing these skills at home through structured activities and you know, you are their safe

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people, you're their safe person, giving them the chance to practice at home with play dates

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and role playing scenarios can make a big difference.

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The next area is self-help skills.

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Now this is very important.

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Make sure that your kindergarten or your soon to be kindergarten is able to use the bathroom

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independently and that they're able to put their clothes on and take the clothes off

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and button the things they need to unbutton before they go to the bathroom.

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Being able to take care of their personal needs with tissue paper appropriately and

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that they can do all of those things independently because if not, they're going to be stuck

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in a stall.

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Teacher, I need help and of course a teacher is going to help.

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She'll bring an assistant in and help but if they can do that themselves, it's much

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better and I know a lot of times at our school the nurse is involved to come in to take care

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of those personal situations.

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So it's just much better if they already can take care of their personal needs all alone

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independently.

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Make sure that they can put on and take off a coat and their backpack.

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So sometimes those little zippers and I didn't either, I didn't think of that when my kids

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were little that they needed to know how to put the little tag down into the zipper before

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they can zip it up.

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And if that is difficult, maybe if they have fine motor skill issues or something, find

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the kind that Velcros buttons are even harder to do.

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So if you could teach them how to put the little, I don't know what that's called that

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little insert thing into the zipper and practice doing that.

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And here's why it's not that the teacher doesn't want to help.

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She wants to help.

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She has 25 students to zip up.

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So even if she can get 10 of the kids that know how to do it independently, it's just

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going to get everybody out quicker and get everybody outside quicker to be able to do

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that.

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So practice putting those coats on, taking them off, finding the gloves, putting them

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in the pockets, teaching them how to put them in their pockets so that they don't lose them.

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And being able to put the backpack on their back, putting things in their backpack and

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taking things out of their backpack.

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Like I said, it's not that the teacher doesn't want to help and she does, but she just has

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too many little guys running around and it's so helpful if they know how to do these things.

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And it just makes things go smoother and you get to where you need to go quicker as well.

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So if you are going to send your child a lunchbox every day, make sure that the lunchbox

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that you have purchased, they are able to open, close, take the snacks out.

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You might even start working in the summer buying the things that you're going to be

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putting in their lunch and teaching them how to open all the little pieces.

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I will tell you that the fruit cups are the worst and they're the worst even for adults.

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So when I'm helping students, because we have breakfast in the room and I'm trying to open

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those, you know, I'm talking about those fruit things, I take the top off and I'm not kidding

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you, every time I take one off, the juice just spurts out all over the place.

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And if you've got 10 of those to do, the kids are waiting, they're hungry, they're needing

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help and those fruit cups are awful, they're just awful to do.

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So if you're going to send fruit, you might want to think about it and put it, you know,

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transfer it into a different container that the child can use or can independently to

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take care of.

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Also the juice boxes are the best because then they can just poke that down in the juice

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boxes but the juice pouches are really hard because they stick that straw and sometimes

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it goes all the way through to the other side.

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It's just so hard for their little hands to work all those things and if they've never

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done it and they're coming to kindergarten for the first time, they can become very frustrated

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and they're nervous already.

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So just help them learn how to use whatever snacks that you send.

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So if you have some sort of juice box or a juice cup or something that is syllable that's

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easy for them, that would be the best for them.

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Alright so opening lunch containers and snack bags and then being able to follow simple

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two step instructions.

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Sometimes at lunch it is okay, stand up, push in your chair and throw away your trash and

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line up.

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Sometimes it can be three to four directions and you just want them to be as confident,

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that's the thing, just be as confident as they can that they have already practiced

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these things and done them before.

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So encouraging independence at home by letting children practice these skills daily will

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help them feel more confident at school.

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Some fine and gross motor skills are holding a pencil or crayon with control and we talked

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about that up above.

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Have them practice using glue and scissors so maybe do some crafts at home, some painting,

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gluing, cutting, putting some things together and in my first grade class sometimes we just

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get the scratch paper out, the scratch paper that we didn't use.

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Maybe I made a couple extra copies here and it starts stacking up.

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I let the kids have those, they get to cut them apart, they're gluing them together,

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sometimes they're making things, sometimes they're just gluing things together and coming

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up with their own little creation, they'll color those.

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So just even scrap paper that you have laying around, old envelopes and things like that,

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they can cut those apart and glue together to their hearts desire.

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Let them hop, jump, run and balance on one foot.

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That's fun, you can just let them hop, just practice hopping on one foot, jumping on two

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feet and skipping and running and balancing.

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Climb stairs using alternating feet so watch them climbing stairs, helping them go up and

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down the stairs would be very helpful for them.

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Outdoor play, arts and crafts and simple activities will help you get all of these accomplished

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and these are the building blocks for the foundation of kindergarten.

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The next thing is encourage parents and caregivers.

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I just want to encourage you, remember every child is different and your kindergarten or

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your soon to be kindergarten may not be able to get all of these things down but the fact

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that you're practicing those and the fact that they're going to get better at them gives

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them a little more confidence and it helps them be prepared to meet other students and

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to come into new ideas daily that they're going to be seeing in the classroom.

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If your child isn't mastering all of these skills yet, that's okay.

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Learning happens in small steps and providing a supportive, engaging environment at home

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will help them grow.

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I do want to add one more thing that was not on my list but it just came to my mind.

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Help them learn how to tie their shoes and if they are not coordinated enough to tie

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their shoes, buy the tennis shoes that have the Velcro or slip-on so that they don't have

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to be slowed down by that.

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So shoe tying is also a big issue that students have trouble with in kindergarten and even

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in first grade and I know even sometimes second graders struggle with that.

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So it just gives them confidence to get those shoes tied and they will be able to get out

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the door and start their play instead of being left at the front step before they go out

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and they're on the ground trying to tie their shoe or waiting for an adult to get through

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the five or six kids that don't have their shoe tied and they have to wait to get their

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shoe tied.

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So it just gives them a little bit extra support to get that going.

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And if you're looking for fun activities, book recommendations or printable resources

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to help with your kindergarten readiness, be sure to check out Robin Wilson First Grade

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Love at Teachers Pay Teachers.

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But before I wrap it up, I do want to mention that I have a specific product designed to

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help your child get ready for kindergarten and it's actually called Get Ready for Kindergarten.

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It's full of engaging activities and resources to support their academic learning.

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So you can find the link in the show notes below.

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And that's it for today's episode.

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I hope this information gives you a clearer picture of what kindergarten readiness looks

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like and how to support your child.

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If you found this episode helpful, please be sure to subscribe and share it with other

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parents or educators.

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And until next time, keep learning, growing and having fun with your little ones.

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