KINDERGARTEN HERE WE COME (sung to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)

Kindergarten,here we come!

We know we'll have lots of fun.

Lots of things to make and do.

Reading ,writing, counting too.

Kindergarten here we come! We know we'll have lots of fun!

COUNTDOWN TO KINDERGARTEN

When Mrs. Wright ,our school principal, has completed the class rolls I will prepare a letter to send to you and your kindergartener with the schedule for attendance and other relevant information during the first two weeks of our trasition to our full day program. We planned a gradual transition for entering into the busy and demanding kindergarten routine.

Your child will receive in the kindergarten mailing a COUNTDOWN TO KINDERGARTEN .Ten days prior to your child first day in kindergarten begin to color one star for each of the days before he attends school for the first time.

COUNTDOWN CHAINS

Cut several strips of construction paper and glue them together to make a paper chain with different sentences written or typed and glued on to the strips.(see suggestions below) The strips will have different chores or skills to practice each of the days prior to the beginning of kindergarten. You can make it a week long or longer depending on your child's interest. Let your child pick a strip each day and complete the task ,loop and connect the strip with glue to create a chain.

I encourage your child to bring the chain with him on the first day of school or any day after. Some suggested task to put on the strips are:

Label and pack your school backpack

Recognize your first and last name

Recite your address

Recite your phone number

Recite your birthday

Read a story about the first day of school.

Look on the computer at the school web site www.capshawcougars.com

Go to links on Mrs. Webb's home page and find a fun web-site to click on

Read about your teacher by clicking on the about your teacher icon on the class home page

Draw a cougar paw using the school colors orange and blue

Recite or sing a nursery rhyme

Sing your favorite song

Pick out your clothes for the first day of school

Go shopping for your kindergarten supplies

Count orally as high as you can go

Write your numbers to 10 or higher

Write your first name

Recite the alphabet

Count sets of objects to 10

Practice cutting on lines

Draw a picture of your family or your pet

Practice writing your name with crayon,marker ,pencil ,chalk

Practice naming and drawing shapes

Draw a picture of yourself

GETTING READY FOR KINDERGARTEN BOOKLIST

These books may be available at the Putnam County Library or in your favorite bookstore! Reading to your child is an excellent way to help prepare your kindergartener for school. These books will be a springboard for discussions and questions about the changes and concerns that your kindergartener may have.

Francine's Day by Anna Alter

The Berenstain Bears Go to School by Stan and Jan Berenstain

Franklin Goes to School by Paulette Bourgeosis

Molly Rides the School Bus by Julie Brillhart

Look Out Kindergarten Here I Come by Nancy Carlson

First Day Jitters by Julie Dannenberg

Time for School, Nathan Lulu Delacre

My First Day of School by P.K. Hallinan

Countdown to Kindergarten by Alison McGhee

School by Emily Arnold McCully

Kindergarten ABC by Jacqueline Rogers

Tiptoe into Kindergarten by Jacqueline Rogers

The Twelve Days of Kindergarten by Debra Lee Rose

Annabelle Swift, Kindergartener by Amy Schwartz

Timothy Goes to School By Rosemary Wells

the Night Before Kindergarten by Natasha Wing