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Kindergarten Readiness
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Skills Your Child Will Need to Know for Kindergarten
Language and LiteracyMathematicsSocial SkillsMotor Skills
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Language and LiteracySkills Needed
• Listen and respond to stories
• Hold a book correctly• Speak in complete
sentences• Write using drawings
and some letters/numbers
• Identify at least 26 letters of the alphabet (combination of upper and lower case)
How Parents Can Help• Model reading and
writing• Read aloud short,
simple books; reread favorite stories
• Use magnetic letters• Provide paper, pencils,
crayons• Sing songs and help
children listen for sounds
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Mathematics
Skills Needed• Count to 20• Identify and name at
least 4 basic shapes• Identify numerals 0 to
10• Match a set of objects
to the correct numeral• Sort objects by color,
shape, or size
How Parents Can Help• Model math in daily life• Sing counting games;
recite number rhymes; read books about numbers
• Sort and count household objects
• Play games• Teach phone number
and address
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Social Skills
Skills Needed• Express wants and
needs• Follow directions and
simple routines• Take turns and share• Dress and manage
bathroom needs• Control impulses
How Parents Can Help• Model listening and
speaking skills• Reinforce understanding
of directions• Play games• Time with parents and
others• Set limits; give choices
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Motor Skills
Skills Needed• Use pencil, crayon, and
scissors correctly• Write own name• Put together puzzles• Run, jump, hop• Bounce, catch, kick,
and throw a ball• Walk in a straight line
forwards and backwards
How Parents Can Help• Allow your child to
perform tasks on own• Help to write own name• Teach body parts• Allow to play outside
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Additional Information about Kindergarten
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Kindergarten ScreeningDeveloping Skills Checklist (DSC)• Administered prior to the first day of
kindergarten classes• Given individually• Provides information about
kindergarten readiness skills• Used to identify instructional needs• Required by the La. Dept. of Education
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Kindergarten ScreeningDynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy
Skills (DIBELS)• Administered within the first two weeks
of kindergarten classes• Given individually• Provides information about literacy
skills• Used to identify instructional needs• Required by the La. Dept. of Education
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Dress CodeGirls and Boys• Shirt – collared white or designated school color Girls• Pants/Shorts/Skirt/Skort/Jumper – navy or khaki
(no shorter than 2 inches above the top of the kneecap)
Boys• Pants/Shorts – navy or khaki (no shorter than 2
inches above the top of the kneecap)
See the district webpage for more information:www.stcharles.k12.la.us
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Kindergarten Supply List
•Posted on the District’s website@ http://www.stcharles.k12.la.us
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