What should a child know before starting kindergarten?
Question by Got Security?: What should a child know before starting kindergarten?
My 4 year old daughter has not been to preschool. What things should her mother be teaching her to prepare her for kindergarten? She is a pleasant child who doesn’t experience seperation anxiety. She is also quite intelligent. Are there requirements that we should focus on?
thank you all so much for the information. It will be hard to choose a best answer. I will consider each response carefully.
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Answer by crapinchuk143
Numbers, at least 1-10, and all of the alphabet. Colors & shapes. Mostly pretty basic stuff. They learn reading in school, although if you have a bright child teaching her to read before school would be even better.
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I live in Florida and there are requirements here they have to know how to count from 1-10, shapes, colors, alphbet, there first and last name, there phone number and how to tie shoes
well one thing you should know is the Jones Brothers are the Backstreet Boys of the 2001 haha and the whole make up and boyfriend starts young I have a sister in kindergarten( my mom remarried) and a lil stressful but she sounds like a great kids I think she’ll be just fine.
My sister is really intelligent as well, just make sure she’s being challenged enough, you don’t want her getting bored with school at a young age.
Becky
you could contact your daughter’s kindergarten & ask if they have a Kindergarten Ready Check list…
She should be able to write her name. colors, get herself dressed, etc
For enrichment. you could conduct your own “circle time” Talking every day about what day of the week it is, the months of the year, what’s the weather like today? ETC… During this time you could review her phone number, address, spell her name out loud & mom/Dad’s first names…
What an exciting time! Best of luck
write her name using a capital letter for the first letter and lower case for the rest
know how to count to 10 forwards and back
alphabet
recognize shapes and colours
her phone number and address
her mothers and fathers first and last names
basic social skills
draw basic shapes, circle, square, triangle
read a few words(her name, cat, dog, and, I, me, my and so on)
be able to colour
put on shoes and coat herself
days of the week
listening skills
My little sister started K in September and we had a Check Ready List. You can get them from the school and it has a list of what they have to be able to do/know before they are admitted. Not all schools have this though, some will just accept your child.
My little sister had to know:
Basic Colors: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow
Basic Shapes: Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle
Able to Count 1-20
Able to Write First and Last Name. (The last name is allowed a bit of lee-way, especially if it’s a long/confusing name)
Able To Tell You Their Address and Phone Number (Don’t have to be able to write it)
Able To Write Mom and Dad’s First and Last Names
Know The Days of the Week and Months of the Year
Able To Read Basic Words: I, Me, You, Dog, Cat etc
Basic Listening Skills
Able to Dress Yourself and Go To Toilet Alone (apparantly teachers/helpers are no longer allowed to help a child in the toilet. Well in my city anyway. There’s political correctness for you, huh?)
Able To Feed Themselves
Understanding of How to Behave With Other People (how to share, how to treat other people, how to expect to be treated etc)
Just really basic things and basic manners. Also, since you say your daughter is bright, it might be wise to get a head start on her reading. She’ll be taught how to read at school, but it never hurts to get a little ahead.
Good luck to you and her!
I don’t really have any experience in these matters.
But maybe numbers, Alphabet, maybe practice writing, simple maths. do the best you can, give the girl a head start!
i am not for sure things have changed alot over the years but i am almost positive that they want them to know how to be still and sit in class share numbers like 1-10 and their abc’s things like that but if i was you i would contact the school that you plan on sending her to to find out any specific requirements
My daughter did not go to preschool either so this is what I can tell you.
My daughter started kindergarden when she was 4 and before they would let her start they had to test her in because she was a year or two younger than the other kids depending on their birthdays, here is what she knew.
~How to write the whole alphabet upper and lower case
~How to count to 100
~How to write her numbers to 100
~How to read simple words and sentences
~How to spell simple words
~How to write a complete and correct sentence.
~How to do simple addition and subtraction (no fingers)
~Must know her colors
~Must be able to recognize simple shapes like circle, square, triangle, and rectangle.
My daughter was doing all of the above by the time she was 3 and most of it she had learned before then.
The books I use with her are the best books ever and I still use them to this day they are called Brain Quest and go by grade level.
I always make her work the year she is in during the first half of the year and by the second half and over the summer we do the next grade level.
She is in 3rd grade now and can divide with a remainder, multiply with multiple digits, and other math that is above her grade level.
http://brainquest.com/
I swear by these books and flash cards they are really worth the investment.
I would still your daughter with some basic practices to give her a head start. I would buy / make alphabet flash cards (Staples sells them as do teacher supply stores).
Set aside time everyday to sit with your daughter practicing the alphabet with the flash cards. You could also invest in primer pencils/crayons (extra thick) & help / encourage your daughter to start tracing her name & alphabet letters on a paper. This will help her become accustomed to holding a pencil properly. Staples also sells workbooks to help her trace her letters. Good luck!
ABCs- say them and write them
Spell her name
Numbers- counting and writing
Shapes- names and be able to draw them
Colors