Front Row Educational Services

Kindergarten students need to be able to recognize, read and write their first name. Students begin to develop knowledge about the alphabet. Students have book handling skills. Students can tell a story by looking at the pictures. It is a benefit if the students know some familiar nursery rhymes.

	My child can recognize his/her name.
	My child can hold a book and turn the pages without squishing or wrinkling them.
	My child can tell a story by looking at the pictures.
	My child can listen to stories without interrupting.
	My child can recognize rhyming sounds/words.
	My child can identify some capital and lowercase letters.
	My child is beginning to write some letters.
	My child can hold a pencil correctly.
	My child can write his/her name with a capital first letter and the rest lowercase (ex. Michele).

Activities to support your child:

Storytelling—tell stories based on pictures in books or magazines.
Write and draw using a variety of materials (pencils, crayons, markers...).
Visit the library.
Read to your child daily.
Play rhyming games.
Create a new ending to the story.
After reading a story, have your child tell you what happened in the story.
Have your child tell you the letters he/she sees in the world around him/her (driving to McDonald’s, while reading a book, on a cereal box...).