Getting Ready for School
- Kindle excitement about school. Visit your school and meet your child’s teacher.
- Invite new friends from school to your home to play with your child to help build strong friendships.
- Never forget safety. Teach your child safety rules-whether walking or taking the bus.
- Discuss what your child will be learning in school-colors, letters, numbers, and shapes.
- Explore your neighborhood together. Talk about the world you live in.
- Review positive behavior expected of your child such as following rules and taking turns.
- Get involved at your child’s school.
- Answer your child’s questions about school. Reassure that your child will have fun.
- Read to your child daily. Visit the library together.
- Turn every day into a learning experience. Let your child help with everyday chores.
- Encourage your child to eat well, get enough sleep, bathe daily, and brush teeth 2x a day.
- Notice the new things your child is learning to do. Reinforce your child’s progress with praise.
