How to make your child ready for Kindergarten school

Times are changing and most preschool franchises expect children to have some basic skills. Your child should be ready for kindergarten school. Most kindergarten teachers expect the children to know some letters and some sounds before they join kindergarten school. Here are some kindergarten readiness skills that your child should possess before he joins kindergarten. The first skill that your child should possess is the writing skill. Help your child practice writing by writing the letters in her name.  Teach your child to write her name the first letter in uppercase and the rest in lower case. Let your child scribble on the slate or write her name with sugar to make the learning more fun. Reading or letter recognition is the second skill that your child should possess. Play games to help your child recognize the letters of the alphabet.  You can play hide and seek with refrigerator magnets.  Don’t drill your child with flashcards instead use them to play some games like ask your child to fetch the right cards. Teach your child the sound of each letter by picking objects beginning with the same letter of the alphabet.

Emphasize the first sound in each word to teach your child the word. The next skill that your child has to learn is counting of numbers. Count all the objects you use throughout the day like the number of socks your child is wearing or the number of crackers he is eating. Point out to the numbers you see in your environment and make your child read them. Your child should also recognize shapes and colors by the time he or she reaches kindergarten.  If your child is having trouble recognizing some colors you can add some food colors to cookies and other food items to emphasize the colors. Show your child how to recognize different shapes by cutting them on paper and helping your child recognize them. Play a game where your child recognizes objects of certain shape and color in the neighborhood as you walk or drive together.

Your child’s motor skills can be developed by giving him different writing options like crayons, colored pencils and markers. Giving your child play dough to play will strengthen the muscles of the hand which will be used to write. Cutting is also a skill that your child has to learn. Purchase a pair of child safe scissors and allow your child to practice. Give your child old newspapers and magazines to cut up. Encourage your child to create a collage. You could also teach your child to cut play dough. For developing the reading skill run your fingers under the words as you read them. Play games with rhyming words to help your child identify similar sounding words. You also have to develop the attention span of your child read lots of stories to your child and see how long your child remains focused. Develop the social skills of your child. Give your child the opportunity to interact with other kids in various places. Also teach your child to express her feelings if he likes or dislikes something.  By practicing the above mentioned skills your child will be just ready for kindergarten school.