{"id":5168,"date":"2014-06-06T21:57:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T04:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=5168"},"modified":"2014-08-03T17:36:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T00:36:03","slug":"kindergarten-readiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2014\/06\/06\/kindergarten-readiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindergarten Readiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prospective kindergartners, along with their parents, shuffled and herded themselves into the little elementary school cafeteria. The room was thick with nervous energy, excitement, squirmy 5-year-olds who have not yet learned to sit still for an assembly, and information packets fanning at the summer heat.<\/p>\n

This was just an introductory meeting – an open house for families new to the school. These children will not start school for 3 months, but school related anxiety is already starting to kick in. At least for the parents.<\/p>\n

If you look at my daughter, you’d likely see something like this:<\/p>\n

\"five<\/a><\/p>\n

But as a parent, I’m more likely to see something like this:<\/span>\"two<\/p>\n

Looking around the room, it was easy to distinguish the parents with older children, who had ushered a child through kindergarten before, from those who were encountering kindergarten as a parent for the first time. The wide-eyed, deer in the headlights look of those in that second set gave them away. Yes, I’m a first time parent of a kindergartener as well.<\/p>\n

\"kindergarten<\/p>\n

The information packet introduced the school, advised of upcoming getting-to-know-you playdates at the playground through the summer, and included a list of skills children would need to master in order to be ready for kindergarten.<\/p>\n

The kindergarten readiness checklist<\/a> is quite long, a couple pages, but it was helpful. It is simple things, such as the kids should know the numbers 1-10, sing the abc song, and go potty independently. Most of the items she mastered long ago, and others, we have the summer to work on. I did give her a long name to learn to spell.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, I went through all the documents front and back and saw nothing about kindergarten readiness for parents. So help me out in the comments section. What do I need to do to get ME ready for her to go to kindergarten? What should I be prepared for.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty confident that she’s more than ready for kindergarten. I’m not quite so sure about me.<\/p>\n

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