Kindergarten Transition
One of the few universals of childhood is transition to school. The transition to kindergarten can be a challenging time for children and parents. However, transition to kindergarten is a process that is most successful when it is carefully planned out. At Redeemer, we start preparing our children for school from very young age. We make sure that our children like school and look forward to going to school. We also ensure that children show steady growth in social, physical, language and academic skills throughout their preschool years and encourage parent’s involvement in their children’s education. In the summer, we incorporate the following components to the pre-K curriculum to help ease the children into the big school.
- Visit to kindergarten classrooms and playground.
- Introduction of kindergarten routines and expectations by kindergarten teachers and students.
- Structured outdoor exercise each morning.
- Skill enhancement activities: literacy, math, science, retelling stories, name writing with upper/lower case, pencil grip, knowing addresses and phone numbers, etc.
- Parent workshops in coping with changes and kindergarten transition.
- Field trips to local parks, book stores, libraries, etc.