Preparing for Kindergarten
This list contains a variety of resources associated with getting a child ready for kindergarten.
Table of Contents
IEL Resources
- Ease Those First-Day Blues!
- Getting Ready for Kindergarten
- Going to Kindergarten?
- Please Don’t Go! Separation Anxiety and Children
- Starting Kindergarten? Help Make It a Good Experience!
- Careful Planning, Collaboration Can Aid Smooth Transition to Kindergarten
- Starting Kindergarten? Help Make it a Good Experience! Adaptations for Children with Special Needs and Their Families
Web Resources
Source: Understood
Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
- Getting Ready for Kindergarten Calendar (also in Spanish)
Source: United Way of Champaign County
Source: Illinois State Board of Education
Source: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- Saying Goodbye to Preschool and Hello to Kindergarten
- Ready or Not Kindergarten, Here we Come!
- Transitioning to Kindergarten
- Is the School Ready for Your Kindergartner?
Source: National Household Education Surveys Program
Source: Center on the Family at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
Source: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Source: nprEd
Source: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Source: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- Transition to Kindergarten (also in Spanish)
Source: Head Start ECLKC
Source: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Source: American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
- Home
- Family Child Care
- Child Care Center
- Preschool Program
- Parents / Family
- Teachers / Service providers
- Preschoolers (Age 3 Through Age 5)
Reviewed: 2021
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