Kindergarten Readiness:
A letter to pre-school & kindergarten parents:
Dear Parent/Guardian,
Hand in Hand Family Resource Center would like to help you prepare your child for the first day of school. We are providing all Maryville Elementary and Overdale Elementary parents with access to a free online tool. You will learn some fun and easy ways you can help your child enter kindergarten ready to learn!
Preparing Your Child for School is an online, video-on-demand class you can access for free. You can watch the videos at your own pace. The class includes 23 short videos (between 2-7 minutes long) that are designed to teach you:
To access the free online videos, go to: www.bluegrasslearning.com/handinhand
Thank you for partnering with Hand in Hand FRC to ensure all our children enter kindergarten prepared to learn. We look forward to your child joining our schools!
For more information about the Family Resource Center or about various community resources available to families and children in our area, you can also visit the center’s website at:
http://handinhandfrc.weebly.com/
Sincerely,
Tiffany Reynolds, MSSW
Maryville & Overdale Family Resource Coordinator
[email protected]
Hand in Hand Family Resource Center would like to help you prepare your child for the first day of school. We are providing all Maryville Elementary and Overdale Elementary parents with access to a free online tool. You will learn some fun and easy ways you can help your child enter kindergarten ready to learn!
Preparing Your Child for School is an online, video-on-demand class you can access for free. You can watch the videos at your own pace. The class includes 23 short videos (between 2-7 minutes long) that are designed to teach you:
- What my children need to know before entering kindergarten?
- Why these skills are important to my children’s future academic success?
- Simple activities I can do with my children to help them learn these skills at home.
To access the free online videos, go to: www.bluegrasslearning.com/handinhand
Thank you for partnering with Hand in Hand FRC to ensure all our children enter kindergarten prepared to learn. We look forward to your child joining our schools!
For more information about the Family Resource Center or about various community resources available to families and children in our area, you can also visit the center’s website at:
http://handinhandfrc.weebly.com/
Sincerely,
Tiffany Reynolds, MSSW
Maryville & Overdale Family Resource Coordinator
[email protected]
Useful School Readiness Websites:
Bullitt County School Readiness Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/bcpscecc/
http://www.tlsbooks.com/
http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/ - craft ideas and worksheets
https://www.education.com - interactive games, along with many worksheets, need to have a membership sometimes… but can play games without. Parent articles as well. Only so many tries before you have to be a member, about $5.00 a month or so.
http://thisreadingmama.com/ -I love this site, get a lot of my ideas from this one.
http://tinyrottenpeanuts.com/tiny-rotten-peanuts/- fun blog / website… witty mom with great ideas
http://www.kidzone.ws/tracers/index.htm - or http://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/dynamic.htm
http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/standard/stdtitle.html - you can type in what you want your child to practice, and then print it off, good for their name, both first and last.
http://www.themeasuredmom.com/reading-skills-kids-need-theyre-ready-sound-out-words/ -Great article on what your child needs to know before they can start sounding out words, plus many many more things..
http://www.mydeliciousambiguity.com/2010/11/free-printable-sequencing-cards.html - This is specifically for sequencing cards, which is important for reading and math, however through this you can find a plethora of wonderful things.
http://more.starfall.com/info/downloads.php - you can find letter printing pages, and even books to print, color, cut and put together. Another great sight to explore.
http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/general_content/free_resources/teachers_corner/wordsearch/wordSearch.jsp -
http://www.tlsbooks.com/kindergartenworksheets.htm
http://www.tlsbooks.com/
http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/ - craft ideas and worksheets
https://www.education.com - interactive games, along with many worksheets, need to have a membership sometimes… but can play games without. Parent articles as well. Only so many tries before you have to be a member, about $5.00 a month or so.
http://thisreadingmama.com/ -I love this site, get a lot of my ideas from this one.
http://tinyrottenpeanuts.com/tiny-rotten-peanuts/- fun blog / website… witty mom with great ideas
http://www.kidzone.ws/tracers/index.htm - or http://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/dynamic.htm
http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/standard/stdtitle.html - you can type in what you want your child to practice, and then print it off, good for their name, both first and last.
http://www.themeasuredmom.com/reading-skills-kids-need-theyre-ready-sound-out-words/ -Great article on what your child needs to know before they can start sounding out words, plus many many more things..
http://www.mydeliciousambiguity.com/2010/11/free-printable-sequencing-cards.html - This is specifically for sequencing cards, which is important for reading and math, however through this you can find a plethora of wonderful things.
http://more.starfall.com/info/downloads.php - you can find letter printing pages, and even books to print, color, cut and put together. Another great sight to explore.
http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/general_content/free_resources/teachers_corner/wordsearch/wordSearch.jsp -
http://www.tlsbooks.com/kindergartenworksheets.htm