I had to share an excellent resource provided by our sons kindergarten teacher. She created a sort list of helpful hints to help prepare kids for the first grade

• Practice reading, especially short vowel words, number, and color words
• Practice writing on regular lined paper
• Start writing letters and numbers from top to bottom
• Practice writing numbers from 0-20 or higher (go up to 1000)
• Practice telling time to the hour and half hour
• Practice adding and subtracting with cons – start with pennies, nickels and dimes (1c+1c=2c, 5c+1c=6c, 10c+2c=12c, 10c-5c=5c, 5c-3c=2c)
• Keep a journal over the summer. Begin with the date, write a sentence or more sentences and illustrate it. This may be done once a day or a 4x’s a week. This can be used to record special events or happenings your child partakes in over the vacation

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.