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Getting Your Child Ready For Kindergarten

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All Souls Catholic SchoolMrs. Vogt & Mrs. Kazukietas

What Should your Child Know Before starting Kindergarten?

This is a list of skills your child should have mastered before starting Kindergarten this August. When students come to school prepared with these skills, your child’s teacher will be able to spend the time teaching the essential curriculum instead of re-teaching basic skills or correcting behavior.

• Know how to use a glue stick• Know how to use scissors

• Know how to tie his/her shoes• Play well with others

• Be able to tuck in shirts, button pants and buckle belts• Know how to take care of him/herself in the bathroom• Know how to sit in a chair for extended periods of time

• Knows how to raise a hand and not shout out• Understands what it means to take care of classroom

supplies (do not break crayons or glop on too much glue)• Open snack containers and bags

• Write his/her first and last name• Identify all 26 letters (uppercase and lowercase)• Write all 26 letters (uppercase and lowercase)

• Know all the letter sounds• Write numbers 0-20• Count up to 20

What is first Sound fluency?

First sound fluency is the ability to hear and say the first sound in a word. For example, the child would be told, “I am going to say a word. You tell me the first sound you hear in the word”. We would then read a word and the child would respond with the first sound of the word.

First sound fluency practice

• Play “I Spy” to find things that start with a specific sound. “I spy something that starts with the sound /s/”.

• Grab some items found around the house and sort them by initial sound.

• Using the picture cards in this pack, ask “what do you see in this picture?” This is an important question because children may not know what is in the picture or may be thinking of a different name for the picture. Then ask, “what is the first sound you hear in the word ?”

Picture Card List

A – AlligatorB – BallC – CatD – DogE – ElephantF – FishG – GirlH – HippoI – Ice creamJ – JarK – KiteL – LionM – MouseN – Nurse

O – OwlP – PigQ – QueenR – RainbowS – SunT – TurtleU – UmbrellaV – ViolinW – WatermelonX – Xylophone*X – Box*Y – YoyoZ - Zebra

X can be a difficult letter sound for children. When x is at the beginning of the word, it often makes a /z/ sound, as in xylophone. When found at the end of the word, like box, it makes a /ks/ sound. You will find two picture cards for the letter x to help you.

Picture CardsPlease print and cut out the picture cards on the following four pages and use them with first sound fluency activities.

Kindergarten Readiness Calendar

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Sing the ABC Song

Pick out your

clothes for the

day

Cut out pictures in magazines

Cut out shapes and glue them to make a

picture

Write all the

lowercase letters

Write all the uppercase

letters

Play a matching

game

Make a snake out of playdoh

String a macaroni necklace

Cut out coupons from the

newspaper

Write your first name 10 times*

*When writing your name, only the first letter should be capitalized!

Skip down the

sidewalk

Complete a 24 piece jigsaw puzzle

Play a board

game with your

family

Complete “Flower Power”

worksheet



Play catch with

someone

Make shapes

with Playdoh

Dance to your

favorite song

Share your toys

with a friend

Draw and color a

picture of yourself

Write numbers

0 - 10

Count from0 – 20


1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31




Listen to a story and retell it in your own

words

Write your last name 10 times*

*When writing your name, only the first

letter should be capitalized!

Use picture

cards to tell

beginning sounds

Practice tying your

shoes

Practice tying your

shoes

Practice tying your

shoes

Practice tying your

shoes

Match lowercase

and Uppercase

letters

Sort Legos by

color

Sort coins by size

Hop on one foot 10 times

String beads

Cut the letters of your name

from magazine and

glue onto paper

Have fun with your

family today!

Practice tying your

shoes


Write your first and last name 10 times*

Read a book with a parent


Complete “I Have Feelings When I Read” sheet

Complete the “I Can Rhyme”

worksheet

Complete “I can write

numbers” sheet

Cut paper into

straight lines

Cut circles out of paper




Practice raising

your hand to answer a question

Sort something

in your house color

Color in a coloring

book


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Check the school

website for back to school

info

Flower PowerColor the flowers to match the code

1- Blue2 – Red

3 - Orange

4 – Purple5 – Green6 - Yellow

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I have feelings when I am reading

Beginning

Middle

End

happy angry sad worried scared confused

My Feelings

Name

Created by L. Kazukietas 2014

Today I listened to the story:

I Can RhymeCircle the word that rhymes with the picture at the beginning of the

row

Name Date

Tree, cat, log, car and manCreated by L. Kazukietas. Clipart ©www.scrappindoodles.com

I Can Write Numbers

Name Date

Count Objects

There are apples There are crayons

Write the numbers 0 – 20 in the boxes below


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Getting Your Child Ready For Kindergarten - Sanford, FL · Getting Your Child Ready For Kindergarten ... First sound fluency is the ability to hear and say ... them by initial sound