Another Kindergarten Readiness Tidbit...
Children need find motor skills to color, paint, write, cut, paste, and draw – activities that kindergartners do every day.
Children need large motor skills for playing games, sports, and other physical activities.
Some kids seem to be super athletes, even at a young age. Give your child opportunities to develop his/her skills – but keep in mind that trying to do something before a child is ready can lead to frustration.
Getting Your Child Ready for Kindergarten - Woodburn Press
Children need find motor skills to color, paint, write, cut, paste, and draw – activities that kindergartners do every day.
- To encourage drawing and writing, have paper, crayons markers, and colored pencils always available.
- Provide playdough or clay to develop hand muscles.
- Get a pair of child-safe scissors and let your child cut up colored paper and magazines.
- Help your child string beads, build with blocks, and put a puzzle together.
- Practice zipping and unzipping a jacket, buttoning and unbuttoning a sweater or shirt, and fastening snaps.
Children need large motor skills for playing games, sports, and other physical activities.
- Play catch in the backyard.
- Jump rope. Practice running, skipping, and hopping.
- Kick a soccer ball back and forth. Bounce a basketball.
Some kids seem to be super athletes, even at a young age. Give your child opportunities to develop his/her skills – but keep in mind that trying to do something before a child is ready can lead to frustration.
Getting Your Child Ready for Kindergarten - Woodburn Press