Helping Your Child Get Ready for School

with activities for children
from birth through age 5

Table of Contents

Foreword/Acknowledgments

Learning Begins Early

What It Means To Be Ready for School?

Activities

Birth to 1 Year

Developing Trust
Touch and See!

1 to 2 Years

Shop till You Drop
Puppet Magic
Moving On

2 to 3 Years

Read to Me!
Music Makers
Play Dough

3 to 4 Years

Kitchen Cut-Ups
Scribble, Paint, and Paste
Chores

4 to 5 Years

"Hands-on" Math
Getting Along
My Book

What About Kindergarten?

Appendices

Good Television Habits
Choosing Child Care
Ready-for-School Checklist
Final Notes