I want to get my daughter ready for Kindergarten. What supplies should I buy for her I want to tutor her?

Question

at least 1 hour a night, becuase I don't think she is learning much in her preschool now.

Answer 1

Children in Kindergarten should begin to understand counting, the alphabet, how to write their name, some letter sounds (B makes a "buh" sound or B for balloon.) colors etc.
Buy some some lined paper for her to start writing upper case letters. CD's, tapes or DVD's that have fun songs with learning.
Crayons or markers for her to draw and learn colors. (This is also good for hand and eye coordination. Using scissors is good for this too)
Social skills are also important. Is she learning how to share and get along with others in her pre-school?
READ, READ, READ!!!
Take her to library and get her used to do taking out books.
A lot of my students have trouble not with sounding out words, but with reading comprehension. Ask questions about the stories you read her.
I'd keep in mind that hopefully you can choose a more academic
centered pre-school. Some say 4 or 5 year olds should be able to play and have fun, but I disagree. I don't have kids of my own, however I am teacher. If I did have children, I'd do what you are doing. She'll probably have an academic boost her peers may not have. ***Always make learning fun and paint the picture of school as a great place to be and Kindergarten is something to look foward to.***

Answer 2

There is a book called something like, "How to Teach your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons." It is a direct instruction book by someone with a name like Englemann.

Nearly all of the children in my daughter's kindergarten class could read prior to attending kindergarten. A master teacher recommended this book to me and it worked. I gave my children a small reward after each lesson. It took about two week before they could read a few sentences. It was the most impressive educational book that I have encountered.

Singapore math has books (in English) available online. Singapore is ranked the highest in math learning. They also have placement tests online and the placement tests are very well thought out. Saxon is a top-ranked math book that works well with children who need a lot of repetition. It produces good test scores.

For social studies and science, I get free videos out of the library. The book, "What Your Child Should Be Learning in x Grade" is great for social studies.

Due to the student-teacher ratio, schools do waste a lot of time. You can work with your child at home on a part-time basis and she will be far ahead of the crowd and will win the competitions and hopefully the scholarships. Don't forget to make sure your child writes well during the upper elementary school years. I have found that many teachers can not teach writing and achievement tests do not measure writing ability unless the school orders the extra section. You can order this online or let Sylvan test in writing. The SAT and ACT have writing sections and the college applications heavily weigh the essays.

Answer 3

You don't have to go out and buy anything. Grab two apples and a pear while cooking dinner and ask her which is different. Why are they different? What color is that apple? What color is the pear? How many are there all together? What are some yummy snacks you could make with that apple? Where do apples and pears grow? Which one is heaviest? Which one is the biggest? Which one do you like the best?

These are all questions you can ask her while stirring the pot on the stove, rinsing dishes, or scrubbing counters. You don't need supplies to engage your child and keep her mind working. You have everything you need right near you.

Other times to engage her mind: while folding laundry (where are your daddy's shirts? which pair of socks is blue?), while giving her a bath (will this bar of soap float or sink?), while putting away toys (is that book bigger or smaller than this one?), or while eating breakfast (is salami a breakfast food? how about ice cream? why not?).

You'll be your child's best teacher her whole life. Start now!

Answer 4

Don't worry so much about teaching her academics. You don't want her to know the curriculum before she starts school or she will end up bored. It's like learning German before you take a German class.

What is most important is social and emotion development. Make sure she gets lots of experience with other children (one on one and in groups). Consider sending her to preschool not more than 3 days a week and no more than 3 hours (up a day when she turns 4 and than 5). If you can't do this, find other ways for her to be around other children. Children who have good social and emotional skills do well in school.

Help her to gain self confidence. Don't use extrinsic motivators ("Good job!", candy, stickers). Children who are extrinsically rewarded care more about what others think of them rather than how they feel about themselves. Use intrinsic motivators. Say things like "Look how high you can climb! You did that by yourself! You used so many colors on that painting!" These phrases are all great confidence builders.

These are some basic skills that your daughter should have before starting school: hold a pencil in an orthodox way, recognize her name, write her name (upper case first letter followed by lower case), know 8 basic colors, cut with scissors, dress herself, take care of bathroom needs. She should learn a few letter sounds and recognize numbers and quantities. You can play "I spy" to teach letter sounds "I spy something that starts with "mmmm." Show her the symbol of that letter. Play counting games. Count all the cars you pass or count out how many forks you will need for dinner. Keep it fun! Here is a link to some more readiness skills http://www.srvusd.k12.ca.us/schools/regi...

Answer 5

Although kindergarten is getting more involved than snacking and napping, I wouldn't worry too heavily, unless she is incredibly behind where she should be. In preschool, they try to focus more on learning social skills and basic things. If you really want to tutor her, I would suggest working on counting, the alphabet, and recognizing both of those in print.

Answer 6

Preschool and Kindgarden is all about learning while playing.

Fisher Price had great workbooks (this is what mine did in preschool)
cutting, coloring, counting.learning letters.

The dollar General had some great posters for learning last week for 3.00. Just teach while playing.And make it F U N

Answer 7

Letters that she can manipulate - either fridge magnets or little wooden letters or Walmart usually has little plastic tiles with letters on them. Talk about the names of the letters and their sounds.

Number chart - 1 to 100 - You can usually get one at a teacher supply store. Work on counting and matching objects one to one. Count toy cars and sort them by color. See which color has more than the others.

Lots of paper and pencils and crayons and markers, etc. Things she can practice writing and making with.

Scissors! Many kids go into KG and can't cut very well. Cutting is a great skill to practice with her. Get an old shoe box and throw junk mail, old magazines, wrapping paper scraps, etc. into it for her to practice cutting on.

Stuff she can practice making patterns with (math skill!) like little colored counting bears, beads, foam shapes, etc.

Have her help you with laundry. Lots of math skills there. Sorting by color, matching socks one to one, measuring detergent, etc.

Take her to visit the library and read to her a lot. Talk about different reason and things that people read. (Menus, signs, books, newspapers, recipes, etc.) Help her figure out the front vs. back of a book. Talk about the jobs of the author and illustrator. Teach her that the pages in the book go front to back and words go left to right.

There are some good links below where you can print worksheets and things for her. Use the handwriting worksheets to create ones with her name on it.

Play rhyming games with her and talk about what letters words start with. Have her look for letters or numbers on signs in the grocery store.

Work on teaching her when her birthday is, what her address is and what her phone number is. Make sure she knows the full names of both of her parents and her own full name.

Talk about the season (lots of good library books on this one) and the days of the week and months of the year. Let her mark days off of the calendar for you. You can use paper chains to count down to important events like Halloween, Christmas, New Years, birthdays, Valentine's Day, vacations, etc.

EDITED TO ADD:
I second the recommendation for http://www.starfall.com I mean to include that in my links but forgot about it. My kids have all enjoyed that site and learned from it.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

puzzles, paints, crayons. A poster with the letters of the alphabet would be good. Practice counting, writing numbers and letters. Talk about seasons, days of the week, months of the year etc.

Answer 10

Leap pad learning systems are really good and they are not expensive at all. Try getting those kindergarten work books , walmart sells them