School Sparks - Kindergarten Readiness

Worksheets added this week: Alphabet Parade - Letter F.  Plus, activity suggestions to try at home when introducing your child to the letter F.

Worksheets added this week: learning ordinal numbers first to tenth. Plus, activity suggestions to try at home when introducing your child to the ordinals.

Worksheets added this week: matching words beginning with the same sound and matching letters and beginning sounds in Reading Skills. Plus, activity suggestions to try at home when teaching your child letter sounds.

Worksheets added this week: Alphabet Parade - Letter M.  Plus, activity suggestions to try at home when introducing your child to the letter M.

Added this week: A classic Memory-style game, a fun companion to the new collection of rhyming worksheets recently added.

Worksheets added this week: finding rhyming words and rhyming word pairs. Plus, activity suggestions to try at home when introducing your child to rhyming.

During the next 26 weeks, I will be introducing the letters of the Alphabet Parade. Each Sunday night, a different letter of the alphabet will “parade” into the collection of kindergarten worksheets together with tips and activity suggestions for introducing your child to that particular letter.

Worksheets added this week: Alphabet Parade - Letter B.  Plus, activity suggestions to try at home when introducing your child to the letter B.

Worksheets added this week: color worksheets to learn colors and color words worksheets.  Plus, activity suggestions to try at home for fostering your child’s comfort with identifying, sorting and matching by color.

Young children thrive on receiving praise and recognition. So as your child learns a new skill or achieves a noteworthy accomplishment, it is important to celebrate his success with sincere, genuine praise. But, all praise is not good praise. Unlike sincere, genuine praise, inappropriate or excessive praise can undermine your child’s confidence and success.