Complete Kindergarten Set

Includes one copy of Ready for Kindergarten 2nd Edition, 25 Getting Ready for Kindergarten booklets, and 5 I'm Going to Kindergarten! booklets.

Ready for Kindergarten 2nd Edition

Ready for Kindergarten is an ideal planning resource for early childhood professionals as they coordinate a successful transition to kindergarten that benefits children, their families, and schools. Using an anti-bias lens throughout, this updated edition incorporates current best practices in the field. Filled with information, advice, and activities, this tool kit features:

• An explanation of what school readiness means for children and for schools
• A brief history of kindergarten
• Descriptions of the typical development, capabilities, and characteristics of four-, five-, and six-year-olds
• Common hopes and concerns families have as their children begin kindergarten
• Strategic planning tools to help you prepare children for the transition to kindergarten
• Abundant discussion questions, reproducible checklists, and assessment and planning templates

155 pages

Getting Ready for Kindergarten(25 booklets)

Starting kindergarten is an important, exciting, and maybe even scary step for children—and possibly for their parents. Work with families as they prepare their children with Getting Ready for Kindergarten, an educational booklet written just for them. It includes information on the skills and behaviors children need to do well in school, contains a parent's to-do list, and provides support to help families navigate the sometimes complicated process and take charge of getting their child started in kindergarten.

Getting Ready for Kindergarten is a family companion to Ready for Kindergarten 2nd Edition

Pack of 25 booklets; 12 pages each

I'm Going to Kindergarten!(5 booklets)

Engage and prepare children as they transition into a new school experience with I'm Going to Kindergarten! This colorful workbook addresses essential cognitive and social-emotional topics that are appropriate to the pre-kindergarten child. It also has plenty of space for the child's own words, art, and photographs, along with brief conversation prompts for the adult. I'm Going to Kindergarten! is a fun way to prepare for school and makes a great keepsake for years to come.

Each five-pack of I'm Going to Kindergarten! workbooks includes lesson plans, offering four different ways to use the workbook. They explain how you can use the workbooks:

1. with the children in your classroom or family child care home
2. with parents in a parent-education workshop
3. with parents and children together at a parent-child activity event
4. with a parent and child together during a home visit.