Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten?
Spring is the time of year to start thinking about fall enrollment. Here are the most important things that National Heritage Academies recommend parents work on with their kids to prepare for Kindergarten.
- Give your child small jobs and a sense of responsibility.
- Spend time reading and enjoying books together.
- Use proper penmanship when showing your kids how to write. This includes only using capital letters at the start of a word.
- If you child uses a word incorrectly, repeat what he said and put an emphasis on using the correct word.
- Give your child as many opportunities as possible to color, cut, trace and glue.
- Work with your child on counting. Make sure she is able to count in sequence up to 20 as use objects around the house to help.
I’ve been a part of the WOOD TV8 team since 2005. As Special Projects Producer, I work side by side with Maranda making things happen behind the scenes. I coordinate Maranda’s Park Parties each summer and produce a variety of station broadcasts and events through out the year. I also serve as the producer of Maranda’s weekly half-hour show, Where You Live. I love the variety of my job and getting to be a part of the impact Maranda is making on kids in our community!
Outside of work, I've been married for seven years to my husband John and we have two beautiful daughters, Sophia and Stella. When I'm not busy trying to keep up with the kids, I spend "me time" reading fashion or celebrity magazines, sneaking in some good reality television, walking around Reeds Lake with girlfriends and exploring new restaurants with my hubby.
Inspirations for my blog come from my daily life as a busy working mom -- trying to juggle a full time job and be a full time mom to a spitfire five year old and a new baby.