Let's Get K Ready!
Tips for Parents of Upcoming Kindergartners
Vol.1, No.13
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This week's topic are Virginia's definition of school ready and position words.
What's Your Position?
Thinking spatially is important for a young child’s development. Children need to make comparisons and describe relationships between objects like big/little, under/over, and first/last. We use positional words to describe all types of things. In addition, positional words are important to your child for following directions, understanding math, and comprehending language. Many children naturally pick up on how to use these words in normal everyday life, but most are helped by some reinforcement through learning experiences.
Here are some positional words that your child will benefit from knowing when he/she enters kindergarten:
above
over
between
under
below
next to
close to
far from
near
beside
in
out
left
right
This video explanation of positional words may be helpful. It shares an activity for you to replicate when teaching these words to your future kindergartner.
Another excellent read aloud is Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins. It too reinforces positional words as well as Where's Spot? by Eric Hill.
Read Aloud By Marsha Rogers
Is Your Child Ready?
The State of Virginia's Board of Education describes “school readiness” as the following: the capabilities of children, their families, schools, and communities that will best promote student success in kindergarten and beyond. Each component – children, families, schools and communities – plays an essential role in the development of school readiness. No one component can stand on its own.
A ready child is prepared socially, personally, physically, and intellectually within the
developmental domains addressed in Virginia’s six Foundation Blocks for Early Learning: literacy, mathematics, science, history and social science, physical and motor development, and personal and social development.
Ready families take responsibility for the child’s school readiness through direct, frequent, and positive involvement and interest in the child. Adults recognize their role as the child’s first and most important teacher, providing steady and supportive relationships, ensuring safe and consistent environments, promoting good health, and fostering curiosity, excitement about learning, determination, and self-control.
A ready school accepts all children and provides a seamless transition to a high-quality learning environment by engaging the whole community. A ready school welcomes all children with opportunities to enhance and build confidence in their skills, knowledge, and abilities.
Ready communities, including businesses, faith-based organizations, early childhood service providers, community groups and local governments, work together to support children's school and long term success by providing families affordable access to information, services, high-quality child care, and early learning opportunities.
CCPS Summer Readiness Programs for Upcoming K Students
Are you interested in sending your uprising kindergartner to a summer learning program? If your answer is yes, Chesterfield County Public Schools is holding Summer Readiness Programs Monday through Thursday, June 28 - July 22. Please see this link for more information about all the CCPS summer programs.
The Office of Family and Community Engagement
Email: ccpsinfo@ccpsnet.net
Website: https://mychesterfieldschools.com/family-and-community-engagement/
Location: CTC@Hull, Hull Street Road, Midlothian, VA, USA
Phone: (804)639-8742
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FACECCPS
Twitter: @CCPSFACE1