Welcome to Kindergarten....

We are excited your children will be coming to Mt. Bethel next year.  Here are some skills that will enable your child to make a successful transition into Kindergarten. We recommend that you review these skills and make use of these websites throughout the Summer.

1. Write first name legibly using first letter upper case and the rest lower case.

www.abcteach.com/zb_style_font/chart1.htm

2. Recognize all uppercase and lowercase letters and be able to match them.

http://www.kinderplanet.com/alphlett.htm

www.starfall.com

3. Recognize numerals 1-10 and match sets 1-10.

http://www.abcya.com/counting_fish.htm 

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/counting/starcount.html

4. Read Nursery Rhymes to your child.  Have children recognize orally words that rhyme.

http://www.first-school.ws/THEME/cp_nursery_rhymes.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes/Teachers.shtml

5. Recognize basic shapes.

http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/shapesonact.asp  

 

  http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=69

 

6. Help your child develop good listening and group skills.

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/readykindergarten.htm

Read daily to your child.  Research has shown that reading to your child daily is one of the best indicators of reading success for your child.  

                                                              

Continue to experience the joys of your child.  Sing, laugh and take walks with your child. Cook, blow bubbles, climb mountains, hop, skip and jump and enjoy every minute of your summer.