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This document provides tips and activities for parents to help preschoolers prepare for Kindergarten through play and everyday interactions. It emphasizes the important role parents play as their child's first teacher and encourages spending quality time together through reading, playing games, exploring nature, and participating in cultural traditions. A variety of developmental areas are highlighted such as language, problem-solving, social-emotional skills, and hand-eye coordination that can be supported at home to set children up for success in school.

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Ready Set Learn Brochure

This document provides tips and activities for parents to help preschoolers prepare for Kindergarten through play and everyday interactions. It emphasizes the important role parents play as their child's first teacher and encourages spending quality time together through reading, playing games, exploring nature, and participating in cultural traditions. A variety of developmental areas are highlighted such as language, problem-solving, social-emotional skills, and hand-eye coordination that can be supported at home to set children up for success in school.

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Starting Kindergarten is an As your child's first and most

important milestone for children important teacher, you play a vital role
and their families. Many things in your child's education! Starting
contribute to a child's success in Kindergarten is an important
school. Some of these are: milestone. Amazing resources are out
there to support you.
Cooperation and perspective.
The ability to follow instructions and
routines.
A setting that encourages creativity.
The ability to communicate needs,
wands, wonders and thoughts to
adults and other children.
Language development.
Confidence
Perseverance
Relationships with peers
Social Emotional skills and
development
The ability to solve problems and PLEASE CHECK OUT
critically think
THE FULL READY,
SET, LEARN
BOOKLET AT:
Ready, Set,
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/educ
Learn
ation-training/early-
learning/support/programs/ready-set-
learn HELPING YOUR
PREESCHOOLERS GET
READY FOR SCHOOL
ACTIVITES TO TRY Numbers

A CHILD LEARNS Talking Collect objects (buttons, stones, sticks,


blocks) and have your child sort them,
TO PREPARE FOR Use rhymes to increase interest in language.
Play rhyming games and read rhyming stories.
make patterns or count them

SCHOOL Point out things during everyday activities.


Have you child tell you about their day
The Wider World

THROUGH PLAY Books Help your child understand where food


comes from. Show them food being
Read books with your child daily and ask them grown in gardens, local farms, orchards
questions about the book. Get your preschooler or greenhouses.
Dear Families, a library car and go to the library to explore
books together.
Feelings
A child learns to prepare for success in
Play Expand vocabulary using new words to
school through everyday activities and play. describe your child's feelings like
While many of today's families balance Set up opportunities for your child to be "disappointed", "frustrated", "excited" and
many responsibilities, spending time with messy with glue, sand, paint or water. "surprised". Have your child identify their
your child (playing, cuddling reading and Encourgage your child's creativity by proudly feelings throughout the day
talking) will make a huge difference to their displaying their creations. Set up play dates
development. with other children to allow for peer TV & Electronics
interaction.
As British Columbians, we celebrate the Set a good example for your child and
Vision
rich cultural diversity of our society. Before spend more free time outside, reading,
entering Kindergarten, your child's learning listening to music or playing. Set time limits
may be enriched through participationg in Play games such as throwing and catching a
for screen time.
many cultural and family traditions. ball and balancing or building a block tower to
help develop hand-eye coordination. Getting Along
Together, with your child, enjoy and learn
from the ordinary things in life as you go Introduce your preschooler and their
about your daily routines and activities. friends to simple games that require
Remember that children learn at their own turn taking such as go fish, or to
pace! activities that require team work.

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