Welcome to Kindergarten!

We are looking forward to an exciting new year!

Here are some things you need to know for a great beginning!

Some social skills and behaviors expected of children entering kindergarten:

To listen attentively, remembering that one person speaks at a time.

To concentrate on and finish a task.

To show self control in words and actions.

To take care of personal belongings, going to the bathroom, washing hands, and taking care of putting away materials.

To follow directions.

To be rested and ready to work and learn.

To use inside voices in the classroom.

To remain seated during lessons and at lunch time.

Some academic skills and knowledge expected of beginning kindergarten children:

Children can recognize and name alphabet letters.

Children can recognize print they often see such as their own name.

Children use spoken language to express their thoughts and ideas, tell a story about an experience and learn about themselves and their environment.

Children produce circles, lines, scribbles and letters as part of their early writing.

Children are able to recognize numbers and understand that numbers tell us about quantity, order and measurement.

Children can recognize, name and manipulate basic shapes and understand that shapes can be transformed into other shapes.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES:  

Kindergarten Supply List

A pocket folder

A backpack labeled with his/her name (no rolling backpacks please)

3 glue sticks each month

A large t-shirt for use as an art smock

4 standard size yellow pencils

8 pack large size crayons

A pencil box with an attached lid (approx. 8x5x2)

1 pair of children’s blunt tipped scissors that can cut paper

1 BOUND thick marble journal book (NOT SPIRAL) to be used all year