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Transition to Kindergarten

Smooth transitions from pre-kindergarten to kindergarten are a result of connections between schools and families, and between pre-kindergarten and kindergarten teachers and classrooms. Purposeful coordination between the pre-kindergarten and elementary settings can maintain and potentially maximize gains that children achieved in pre-kindergarten.

000685-Transitions: From the Childrens Perspective-2013 Young girl raising her hand