University of California -- Spanish Broadcast and Media Services
Starting
kindergarten is a unique experience in the life of children.
It can be happy and scary at the same time.
For children,
it may mean the first time away from home alone!
Parents
might also worry and ask: Are my children ready? Remember that
you can prepare your children for that first day.
Help
your children learn their full names,their parents' names,
their address, and phone number.
Teach
your children to count using cars,toys, fruits, or other objects.
Help
them learn shapes and colors. Use things found around the house,
like books or their clothes.
Teach
your children to recognize the parts of their body; what's
left and what's right.
Help
them understand concepts of time and distance, like: night
and day, light and dark,big and small, near and far.
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Give
them ahead start before going to kindergarten. Visit the school
with them. Let them see the classroom and meet the teacher.
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Encourage
fun activities, like drawing and coloring. You'll be surprised
what children can do with paper, crayons, glue and scissors.Read
them a story. Talk with them about the story. Then have
them tell you a story, any story.Play some joyful music
and invite your children to dance and sing along .They'll
probably do a lot of this inkindergarten.Show your children
that you're a friendly and supportive teacher.
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NASD Review: 04/2002
This material
is based upon work supported by the Extension Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, under special project number 91-ESPN-1-5169.
Produced
by the University of California's Spanish Broadcast and Media
Services, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Myriam
Grajales-Hall, coordinator.
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