TRAILS Teaching Readiness Skills to All families Integrating Lessons and Strategies i TRAILS Teaching Readiness Skills to All families Integrating Lessons and Strategies A Pathway to Kindergarten Readiness A Virtual Pre-Kindergarten Program Phyllis Phillips – Metro Nashville Pre-Kindergarten Coordinator –

TRAILS Objective i TRAILS Objective To provide services and guidance to families of Pre-Kindergarten age children in preparing for Kindergarten success in Metro Nashville Public Schools

TRAILS Target Audience i TRAILS Target Audience  Families who did not get into MNPS Pre- Kindergarten  Not enrolled in Pre-Kindergarten  Community Centers  Stay at home mothers  Home school programs  Child Care Providers  Home Bound  Existing Pre-Kindergarten students and their families

TRAILS Content of Virtual Classroom i TRAILS Content of Virtual Classroom  Four Developmental Domains of Learning  Social/Emotional Developmental Skills  Language Developmental Skills  Physical and Self-Help Developmental Skills  Academic Developmental Skills

TRAILS Components i TRAILS Components  Calendar  Lessons/Strategies  Resources  Progress Monitoring Assessments

TRAILS Calendar i TRAILS Calendar  Full year of activities, strategies, instructional tips and helpful hints  Dates of upcoming events  Kindergarten Enrollment Information

TRAILS Lessons/Strategies i TRAILS Lessons/Strategies  Early Learning Development Standards  Standards over a 9 week session  Lesson Videos  Suggestions on becoming actively engaged in their child’s school career

i TRAILS Resources  Community Resources  Events scheduled for families  Health Care  Websites  Early Learning Development Standards  Kindergarten Common Core Standards

i TRAILS Progress Monitoring  Assessment tools for parents to determine their child’s progress  Monitoring time lines for families to follow throughout the 9 week period  Recommendations for creating a portfolio

i TRAILS Fall Readiness

 Social/Emotional Development  Language Development  Academic Development  Physical and Self-Help Development

Social/Emotional Development 1 st Nine Weeks Grading Period i TRAILS Social/Emotional Development 1 st Nine Weeks Grading Period  Week 1  Arrange time for your child to play with a friend  Talk about taking turns and have your child practice letting a friend go first  Discuss putting toys away and have your child practice putting their own toys away after playing  Read the story Mine-O-Saur by David Clark  Take turns with your child pretending to be the characters in the story  Discuss how you could help a friend who does not want to share, learn to share  Create sharing signs using paints, crayons or pencils that show how a person being a good friend by sharing

i TRAILS How Can I Get Involved  Partnerships Metro Nashville Public Schools Pre-K Alignment Nashville Committee Promise Neighborhood Head Start  Invitation to Participate (ITP)  Contacting Pre-K Department