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Kindergarten Orientation:
Social &
Self-Help Skills
What social and self-help skills will help your child thrive
in Kindergarten?
Self-Help Skills
Self-Help Skills
One of the best ways parents can prepare their child for kindergarten is to encourage independent skills over the summer months. Actually, many teachers are often more concerned about a child’s ability to take care of themselves and relate to their friends than how many letters or numbers they know. Here are a few ideas for helping your child develop self help skills that are particularly helpful in the kindergarten classroom.
Click the image to download the "Teaching Shoe Tying - Tips and Tricks" printable!
Click the image to download the bathroom behaviors printables!
Socal Skills
Social Skills
Starting elementary school is a big step for children: now they are in "big kids' school." And while the majority have little trouble adjusting, kindergarten can be disorienting at first. Even children who have been in day care or preschool, or who have older siblings at the school, may feel a bit apprehensive. It's a new building, a new teacher, and a new set of classmates, after all, so it does take time for kids to get comfortable in the unfamiliar surroundings.
Click the image to view specific social skills to work on with your child leading up to Kindergarten!
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