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Bright Kids
Early Education And Development
A child should, firstly, be at least 5 years old when being geared up to enter kindergarten. Next, check the following and see if
your child can, more or less, do what's featured below.
Kindergarten Readiness Checklist
Listens to bedtime stories
without interrupting
you midway.
Is able to button/slip on
his/her tee-shirt and put on
their pants unattended?
Asks for help when
needed instead of turning
physically violent.
Respects property and the
feelings of others.
Can differentiate between
colors, shapes, and sizes.
Can construct sentences of
at least 5 - 6 words.
Can identify his/her name
in writing.
Can scribble or
draw objects.
Manages using the
bathroom on his/her own.
Can be away from parents
without throwing a tantrum.
Communicates with
adults well.
Can express ideas for
others to understand.
Can trace basic shapes.
Can identify some letters
from the alphabet.
Can bounce a ball.
Build your child’s kindy readiness skills
If you feel that your child does not show many of the above
signs, it will be good idea to start building them now. A child
needs to be exposed to a lot of factors that will aid him/her
to move forward in their developmental phase. Here's what
you can do to make the most of your child's fast-grasping
abilities. Remember though, the sooner, the better in child
development.
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Make sure your child has plenty of learning toys like an
abacus, coloring books, handwriting books, math problem
books, counting books, picture books, and so on. Books
are a building block to get a child interested in reading, as
well as build on their vocabulary.
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Building blocks, alphabets, puzzles, and likes are a great
way to get a child to exercise his sense of logic.
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Cartoons - don't make it a habit to place your child in
front of the television for hours on end; stick to a schedule
of cartoons based on classics, word games, quizzes and
interactive ones, to let your child learn as well as enjoy
him/herself.
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Spend time teaching them about alphabets and numbers,
so that they are used to repeating them everyday. In this
way kindergarten will be easier for them to handle if
exposed to it firsthand by the parent.
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Read to them at night or during the day, as a way of
helping them build on thoughts and imagination; entertain
questions and other child-like queries.
A child's initial years are the best times to take advantage of,
because their minds are like big sponges, ready to saturate in
information at a rapid rate. By taking some initiative, you can
ensure that he or she will be ready to take on kindergarten
and have loads of fun while learning new things!
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