Description:
This lesson discusses settings and connections that impact a child’s transition into kindergarten. It identifies effective transition practices for children, schools, families, and communities and recalls caregiver activities that promote readiness development. The schools’ role in preparing children for kindergarten is discussed, along with effective strategies used by Ready Schools, Ready Families, and Ready Communities. Appropriate readiness assessment techniques and assessment criteria are identified.
Objectives:
RECALL settings and connections that impact children’s transition to kindergarten.
RECALL effective transition practices for children, schools, families, and communities.
IDENTIFY transition considerations for children with special needs.
IDENTIFY four components of school readiness.
RECALL five domains of school readiness.
RECALL assessment criteria for each school readiness domain.
IDENTIFY caregiver activities that promote development in each school readiness domain.
RECALL schools’ roles in preparing children for kindergarten.
IDENTIFY effective strategies used by Ready Schools.
RECALL families’ roles in preparing children for kindergarten.
IDENTIFY characteristics of Ready Families.
RECALL communities’ roles in preparing children for kindergarten.
IDENTIFY support services available in Ready Communities.
RECALL roles played by assessment when children transition to kindergarten.
IDENTIFY appropriate readiness assessment techniques.
