Are you in your Kindergarten era? Do “you need to calm down”? “Shake it off?” Are you worried your child is walking into a “Blank Space” in a new place? Does it feel like th end of a “Cruel Summer?”
If you recognize the pattern to these questions, you may not only be in your Kindergarten era, but also your Taylor Swift era…
Please do calm down, shake off the worry about a blank space, and enjoy the end of summer because we are here to help you through the Kindergarten era!
Across North and South Carolina, school years are starting and a fresh batch of kindergarten students with nervous moms and dads will walk through the door. As educators and moms of the 8-year old Swifties, we know even more now than before. For this reason, we have compiled a list of Kindergarten readiness skills across every area of development.
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At Huntington Learning Centers – Weddington and Fort Mill, we work with students of all ages across all subject areas. Prior to opening our first center in Weddington over 8 years ago, our Executive Director and Center Director were in the public school system as a school psychologist, and Kindergarten & 1st grade teacher, respectively. Although it seems like yesterday, three years ago, we personally asked ourselves if our own 4/almost 5-year-old daughters (the tricky August birthday) were ready for Kindergarten. We both made the personal decision based on our knowledge of development and academics for our daughters to attend Transitional Kindergarten, commonly referred to as “TK.” This was the best decision for our families and we do not regret it, but that being said, it was a very HARD decision. These little girls are now 8-years old, in their Taylor Swift era, and entering 2nd grade. We know that the TK year was best for them with no question…NOW.
In order to be ready for Kindergarten your child should be able to:
- Manage own bathroom needs
- Dress themselves (buttons, zippers)
- Open lunch containers and ziploc bags
- Clean up after themselves (some prompting is totally appropriate)
- Handle routine and authority figures outside of family members
- Separate from parents
- Sit and attend an activity for 10-15 minutes
- Follow 2 or more step directions
- Play independently and in a group
- Use complete sentences when speaking
- Mimic stories and songs
- Hold crayon/pencil using thumb and pointer finger
- Turn pages in a book from left to right
- Recognize print is read from left to right
- Write first name with capital and lowercase letters (a mixture is acceptable)
- Recognize letters and knows some letter sounds
- Count to 10 with one-to-one correspondence
- Write some numbers between 1 and 10
- Sort and organize objects
If we can help in any way when your student gets to kindergarten or with a student of any age, please. We are ready and able to help!
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Huntington Learning Center:
Huntington has been the nation’s recognized leader in educational services since 1977. Our mission is to give every student the best education possible. At Huntington Learning Center - Weddington, we offer children, ages 5 to 17, tutoring in Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Study Skills, Phonics, Vocabulary, Science, and SAT and ACT Preparation. Our individualized instruction is developed from comprehensive academic evaluations completed at the center. We are committed to the success of each student through this personalized instruction with our certified teachers. Each program is uniquely designed to develop the skills, confidence, and motivation for the student. We are seeing great strides every day!
Huntington Learning Center - Weddington is located at 5945 Weddington Road, Suite 104 | Matthews, NC. You can reach them by phone at: (704) 243-5784 or find them on Facebook and Instagram.
