Getting Your Child Ready
For Kindergarten
All Souls Catholic School
Mrs. Vogt & Mrs. Kazukietas
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What Should your Child Know Before
starting Kindergarten?
This is a list of skills your child should have mastered
before starting Kindergarten this August. When
students come to school prepared with these skills,
your child’s teacher will be able to spend the time
teaching the essential curriculum instead of reteaching basic skills or correcting behavior.
• Write his/her first and last name
• Identify all 26 letters (uppercase and lowercase)
• Write all 26 letters (uppercase and lowercase)
• Know all the letter sounds
• Write numbers 0-20
• Count up to 20
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Know how to use a glue stick
• Know how to use scissors
• Know how to tie his/her shoes
• Play well with others
• Be able to tuck in shirts, button pants and buckle belts
• Know how to take care of him/herself in the bathroom
• Know how to sit in a chair for extended periods of time
• Knows how to raise a hand and not shout out
• Understands what it means to take care of classroom
supplies (do not break crayons or glop on too much glue)
• Open snack containers and bags
What is first Sound fluency?
First sound fluency is the ability to hear and say the
first sound in a word. For example, the child would be
told, “I am going to say a word. You tell me the first
sound you hear in the word”. We would then read a
word and the child would respond with the first sound
of the word.
First sound fluency practice
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Play “I Spy” to find things that start with a specific
sound. “I spy something that starts with the sound
/s/”.
Grab some items found around the house and sort
them by initial sound.
Using the picture cards in this pack, ask “what do
you see in this picture?” This is an important
question because children may not know what is in
the picture or may be thinking of a different name
for the picture. Then ask, “what is the first sound
you hear in the word
?”
Picture Cards
Please print and cut out the picture cards on the
following four pages and use them with first sound
fluency activities.
Picture Card List
A – Alligator
B – Ball
C – Cat
D – Dog
E – Elephant
F – Fish
G – Girl
H – Hippo
I – Ice cream
J – Jar
K – Kite
L – Lion
M – Mouse
N – Nurse
O – Owl
P – Pig
Q – Queen
R – Rainbow
S – Sun
T – Turtle
U – Umbrella
V – Violin
W – Watermelon
X – Xylophone*
X – Box*
Y – Yoyo
Z - Zebra
X can be a difficult letter sound for children. When
x is at the beginning of the word, it often makes a
/z/ sound, as in xylophone. When found at the end
of the word, like box, it makes a /ks/ sound. You
will find two picture cards for the letter x to help
you.
Kindergarten Readiness Calendar
Sunday
1
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
2
3
4
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Count
from
0 – 20
8
Sing the
ABC
Song
9
Pick out
your
clothes
for the
day
10
11
12
13
Cut out
pictures in
magazines
Cut out
shapes and
glue them
to make a
picture
Write all
Write all the
the
uppercase
lowercase
letters
letters
14
Play a
matching
game
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Make a
snake out
of playdoh
String a
macaroni
necklace
Write your
first name
10 times*
Skip down
the
sidewalk
Complete
a 24
piece
jigsaw
puzzle
Play a
board
game with
your
family
Complete
“Flower
Power”
worksheet
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Dance to
your
favorite
song
Write your
first name
10 times*
Share
your toys
with a
friend
Draw and
color a
picture of
yourself
Cut out
Play catch
coupons
with
from the
someone
newspaper
29
Write
numbers
0 - 10
Make
shapes
with
Playdoh
30
Write your
first name
10 times*
*When writing your name, only the first letter
should be capitalized!
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Kindergarten Readiness Calendar
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
2
1
6
7
Sort
Legos by
color
Write your
last name
10 times*
13
14
Write your
last name
10 times*
Complete
“I Have
Feelings
When I
Read”
sheet
20
21
Complete
“I can
write
numbers”
sheet
Practice
tying your
shoes
27
Practice
tying your
shoes
28
Sort
something
in your
house
color
Listen to a
story and
retell it in
your own
words
Use
picture
cards to
tell
beginning
sounds
8
9
Hop on
one foot
10 times
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
Write your
first name
10 times*
Have fun
with your
family
today!
10
11
Cut the
letters
of
Practice
Practice
your name
tying your
tying your
from
shoes
shoes
magazine and
glue onto
paper
Match
lowercase
and
Uppercase
letters
12
Read a
book with
a parent
16
17
18
19
Cut paper
into
straight
lines
Write your
last name
10 times*
Practice
tying your
shoes
Write your
first name
10 times*
22
23
24
25
Cut circles
out of
paper
Complete
the “I Can
Rhyme”
worksheet
Sort coins
by size
Read a
book with
a parent
15
String
beads
29
Write your
first and
last name
10 times*
30
31
Read a
book with
a parent
Color in a
coloring
book
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26
Practice
raising
your hand
to answer
a question
*When writing your
name, only the first
letter should be
capitalized!
Kindergarten Readiness Calendar
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
Check the
school
website
for back
to school
info
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
28
29
30
27
31
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Flower Power
Color the flowers to match the code
1- Blue
2 – Red
3 - Orange
4 – Purple
5 – Green
6 - Yellow
Created by L. Kazukietas. Clipart © graphics from the pond
Name
I have feelings when I am reading
happy
angry
sad
worried
scared
confused
Today I listened to the story:
My Feelings
Beginning
Middle
End
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Name
Date
I Can Rhyme
Circle the word that rhymes with the picture at the beginning of the
row
Tree, cat, log, car and man
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Name
Date
I Can Write Numbers
Write the numbers 0 – 20 in the boxes below
Count Objects
There are
apples
There are
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crayons