Resources developed by
University of Wisconsin-Extension
Family Living Programs
When children come to school ready to learn,
they are much more likely to become successful students, responsible citizens
and productive workers. UW-Extension’s School Readiness Project
helps Wisconsin communities create collaborative linkages between local
people and organizations to produce more effective community programs
and services for young children and their families, so all children arrive
at school ready to succeed. The School Readiness Website
includes a 5 Year Impact Report of this project.
FAMILIES AND SCHOOL READINESS:
Families provide key experiences that prepare their young children for
later school success. Children whose families have provided them with
varied learning experiences from birth on will be ready for kindergarten.
The following Family Living publications provide information for parents
about preparing children for school:
Communicating with
Your Infant through Play: Toys and Activities for the First Two Years
Play is Learning
Parenting the Preschooler
Many other issues of Parenting
the Preschooler and Parenting the Second and Third Year and Parenting
the First Year provide additional information on supporting young
children’s learning and language development.
The First
Years Last Forever resource materials especially “Building Baby’s
Brain. Opportunities for Learning.” (pages 3 and 4).
Parents Can Prepare
Children for School
GRAND (Grandparents/Relatives
Raising and Nurturing Dependent Children) Resource Guide. Chapters
on Child Care and Education include helpful information for everyone who
is raising young children.
Is
My Child Ready for Kindergarten? Helping Parents Decide
This article, written for early educators, outlines questions parents
can use to make this important decision.
Parents Can Ease Concerns
About Transitions to a New School
Other Resources
These links take you to websites that are not
part of the UW-Extension website.
Helping
Your Child Get Ready for School U.S. Department of Education
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Child Becomes a Reader: Birth to Preschool U.S. Department of Education
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