My wife homeschools our 6 year old and she has always been well above average, but now she wants to start something more formal with our 4 year old and we just want to prepare her better for the comming years. She is smart, but not quite the fast learner that her older sister was at her age.
2007-04-25 07:23:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Don’t stress too much about her academic skills. Social and emotional skill should hold more weight than academic skills. She should have a lot of exposure to other children, one on one, and in small groups to develop social and emotional skills. These are some basic skills that you daughter should have to best prepare her: holding a pencil in an orthodox way, recognize her name, write her name (upper case first letter followed by lower case), sitting quietly for 10 to 15 minutes, know 8 basic colors, learn the ABC song, recognize some letter sounds, counting to 10, cutting with scissors, using glue, painting, follow directions, gaining respect for adults, dress herself, and taking care of ALL bathroom needs. Encourage independence, concentration, coordination, self-control, courtesy, patience, and self esteem. Here is a link to some more readiness skills. http://www.srvusd.k12.ca.us/schools/REGISTRATION_INFORMATION/KINDERGARTEN/Kindergarten_Readiness_Skills/
2007-04-25 07:44:28 · answer #1 · answered by marnonyahoo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She should recognize letters and numbers and hopefully be able to write the alphabet and count. I started doing workbooks through Brighter Vision with my 3 year old and he loves them. They were rather expensive and you only get 1 book a month. He wanted to do a book a day. I did find some Preschool workbooks at Wal-mart for around $15 and they also come with game software for the computer so the kids can learn how to work a mouse too. My son loved the learning games and they were very challenging for him, but he quickly caught on. They teach above/below, beside, before/after, colors, letter and a lot more! I would recommend the books to anyone! They can be found near the reading books in our Wal-mart and are called School Zone with Flash Action Software COMBO. His favorite is the Preschool one #08151.
2007-04-25 09:24:45 · answer #2 · answered by ♥Trying♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Letter & Number recognition
2. Perfecting fine motor skills involved in writing
3. Memorization
4. Listening & following directions
2007-04-25 07:29:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Recognizing , Letter's, Numbers , Color's, Coloring between the line's and sometimes knowing how to write their name.
We have a school here in Illinois ,where they have the children learning cursive writing in kindergarten..
2007-04-25 07:31:22 · answer #4 · answered by Esencia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put her in preschool. Part time is all she needs. She will have to have basic skills such as phonics, letter recognition, counting to 10, cutting, shapes, colors, pasting, large motor skills, fine motor skills and name recognition. But above and beyond these, social skills. She needs to be able to socialize with other children her age. Preschool is a wonderful asset that you need to take advantage of.
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2007-04-25 07:39:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In our kindergarten classes where I live, you must know your ABC's, you must know how to spell your name, and you must know how to write the ABC's and also your name. I think it is much for a 5 year old, but they are getting harsher on young children.
2007-04-25 07:29:28 · answer #6 · answered by Sarah N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Letters,numbers,colors and shapes are 4 of the big things the should work on.
2007-04-28 10:50:01 · answer #7 · answered by christina30 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-03-01 01:41:55 · answer #8 · answered by Ducke1963 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rest room, sharing, shaking hands, lots of play, even distructions when they tear down a radio, was tables push in chairs line up no pushing, share and eat foods together, washing hands clean up water spills, sit straight, cup play and animals little songs, hand and finger paintings, drawing trees people and animals, all this is in the first years then it is shapes do they fit, colors, and 1-9 single numbers abc,s write name their might be more but all i can say it was loads of fun for me helping teachers.
2007-04-25 07:34:16 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She should know her ABC's, basically just the song. She doesn't need to know how to pick out the letters when she sees them, or what sound they make. That will come along in kindgergarten.
She should know how to count to 10 out loud, but just count and thats it. If you give her 3 apples, she doesn't need to know she has "3" apples.
I'm not saying that it wouldn't be good for her to know this stuff early, I'm just saying that for her age, it's not "abnormal" for her not to know.
2007-04-25 07:34:46 · answer #10 · answered by CJ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋