Preparing your child for kindergarten begins with birth. It is a developmental process throughout early childhood. Time spent providing a wide variety of appropriate experiences during a child's years from birth to age five will help a child be successful in school. Below you will find some links to help your child be ready for that first day of kindergarten.
http://www.readyatfive.org/resources/tips.aspx
http://www.readyatfive.org/images/worddocs/mar06-letters.doc
http://www.readyatfive.org/images/worddocs/dec05-bks%26prt.doc
http://www.readyatfive.org/images/worddocs/nov05-rhyming.doc
http://www.readyatfive.org/resources/documents/Nov.2007-LearningaboutNumbers.doc
http://www.readyatfive.org/resources/documents/July2008-IntroducingMathematicalTools.doc
http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=key_language
A Child Becomes a Reader Proven Ideas from Research for Parents National Institute for Literacy The Partnership for Reading This manual is a valuable resource for parents to guide a child through the literacy process. http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_pre.pdf
GROW UP READING Activities to promote literacy development and a love for reading http://www.growupreading.org/
Six Early Literacy Skills http://www.multcolib.org/birthtosix/elitskills.html
Getting Ready to Read Screening Tool http://school.familyeducation.com/reading/early-learning/46528.html?detoured=1
Getting Your Child Ready to Read http://www.yesican.gov/earlychildhood/read.html