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Get Ready for School

photo of children working together on a projectSkills to Practice this Month

Encourage your child to try new things and to keep trying when they are working on difficult tasks. Your child will encounter new experiences everyday at school. Upon entering kindergarten, most children are willing to try new things and to complete tasks.

Activities

Talk to your child about what it means to be committed to a task. Talk to your child about a time when she kept trying and her hard work and effort paid off.

Ask your child to tell you what the world would be like without cars, telephones, or television. Ask him if he thinks it was easy or difficult for someone to create all these things.

Plan a project with your child that requires several steps to complete. Write out the steps. You could try planting a vegetable or flower garden or just plan and prepare a meal together. Be sure to finish each step of the project before moving on to the next step or starting something new.

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Suggested Reading

Books for Children

Pearl 's New Skates
by Holly Keller

Apple Batter
by Deborah Turney Zagwyn

The Little Engine that Could
by Watty Piper

The Little Red Hen
by Paul Galdone

The Itsy Bitsy Spider
by Iza Trapani

Inch by Inch
by Leo Lionni

The Carrot Seed
by Ruth Krauss

Books for Parents and Caregivers

The Values Book: Teaching 16 Basic Values to Young Children
by Pam Schiller and Tamera Bryant

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