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Module 4

Ready, Set, Learn offers in-depth information to help preschoolers develop skills needed for kindergarten success, including confidence, relationships, language, communication, following instructions, creativity and persistence. It addresses preparing children in these key areas by talking with them, reading books, using numbers in real examples, helping them understand feelings, getting along with others, exploring the wider world through play, limiting TV/electronics, ensuring healthy teeth and vision/hearing, and increasing physical activity.

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Module 4

Ready, Set, Learn offers in-depth information to help preschoolers develop skills needed for kindergarten success, including confidence, relationships, language, communication, following instructions, creativity and persistence. It addresses preparing children in these key areas by talking with them, reading books, using numbers in real examples, helping them understand feelings, getting along with others, exploring the wider world through play, limiting TV/electronics, ensuring healthy teeth and vision/hearing, and increasing physical activity.

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What is Ready,

Set, Learn?

Ready, Set, Learn offers you in-


depth insight and information
about how you can set your
preschooler up for success.

We do this by speaking to:


Confidence,
Relationships with friends
Language development
The ability to communicate
needs, wants and thoughts to
adults and children
The ability to follow Ready, Set,
instructions and routines, and
A setting that encourages
Learn!
creativity, motivation, Helping your Preschooler
cooperation and persistence. get ready for kindergarten!
For more
information
RSL Booklet 2009 - Province of "A child learns to
British Columbia prepare for school
through play."
www2.gov.bc.ca › gov › support › rsl ›
rsl_english09
How to prepare GETTING ALONG WITH OTHERS
It is important to set basic rules and
TALKING stick to them consistently. Getting
Language development is a along with both children and VISION AND HEARING
cornerstone for being ready to adults so that your child may do Hearing and vision will be an
learn in school. The best way to well in a group environment is a important part of your child’s
support speech is simple -- talk to very important part of learning when they go to school.
your child and engage in helping your child get ready for Watch for any signs that your child
conversations about day to day school. may have any vision or hearing
life. problems.
THE WIDER WORLD
BOOKS The world has become wider for
your child and will come across HEALTHY TEETH
There is a strong link between what
preschools know about books, many scenarios they never have One way to make tooth
words, sounds and letters in before. During the preschool years, brushing a healthy habit in your
correlation to school readiness. The children start to develop an family is to brush your teeth at the
best way to support your child is to understanding of rules and same time as your child and build a
encourage questions and use behaviours. Help your child nightly routine.
humour. Read for fun and put the through your conversation with
frusteration aside. them and by your example. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
An easy way to increase your
PLAY child’s physical activity level is to
NUMBERS
Play is integral to your child's choose activities to do in many
Being familiar with numbers, time,
learning. Most of your child’s early 5 -10 minute periods throughout the
distance and shapes will help your
learning takes place through day. It is important to recognize
child develop the math skills they
play. Through play, your that young children develop these
will need at school. The best way to
preschooler will explore and skills at their own pace and adults
support your child is to use real-
discover the world and his or her should be patient while
world examples as counters.
role in it. preschoolers learn.
FEELINGS
Children's emotional development TV AND ELECTRONICS
is an important part of getting Electronics are great, but as all HEALTHY SNACKS
ready for school. As part things, should have a limit and At meal and snack times, children learn
of emotional growth, your child will should not take the place of books, both eating and social skills. Children’s
typically develop deeper qualities creative play or exercise. appetites go up and down through
like caring, selfesteem, fl exibility growth spurts so let them choose
and may better understand others’ whether or not to eat and how much. Sit
feelings. down with your child during meal time.

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