1. Getting Ready for Kindergarten At Carrville Mills P.S.

2. about how to live and what to do and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate- school mountain, but there in the sandpile at nursery school. These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life--learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the styrofoam cup: The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the styrofoam cup; they all die. So do we. And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned; the biggest word of all-- LOOK. Everything you need to know is there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation, ecology, and politics and the sane living. Think of what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put things back where we found them and clean up our own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together. --- Robert Fulghum

3. What do we learn?

4. Ontario Kindergarten Curriculum Personal and Social Development Language: Oral, Reading, Writing Math: Numbers, Measurement, Geometry, Patterning, Data Management Science Health and Physical Activity The Arts: Visual Arts, Music, Drama & Dance

5. When can we play? Play is integrated throughout our program, in order to enhance both academic skills and social skills. We incorporate play through our learning centres, which occur on a daily basis.

6. When do we eat? We have one snack time in the morning, which lasts around 10-15 minutes so students have time to eat 1 or 2 small snacks. They also have a 20 min. recess. Lunch is at 12:35, and students have 20-25 minutes to eat lunch. They have a 40 min. recess after that. Boomerang lunch.

7. Where’s the Washroom? Washrooms are located within the classroom, students can use them as needed, and must be independent with washroom routines.

8. What to bring Large backpack Velcro running shoes 2 healthy snacks and lunch Labeled change of clothes Reusable water bottle

9. Communication Communication Folder/ Bag Library Bag

10. How to prepare Talk about starting school Practise dressing Practise toileting Independence builds confidence and allows children to feel successful in their daily jobs.

11. I am ready for Kindergarten I can go to the bathroom, flush the toilet and wash my hands all by myself. I can dress myself. I can sit and eat my snack or lunch all by myself. I can hold a pencil and use scissors to cut paper.

12. I can print my name. I can print all the letters of the alphabet. I know the sound each letter makes. I can count to 10. I can print the numbers from 1 to 10. I know my colours. I know my shapes. Things to Practise

13. Ms Howes

14. Any questions? ? ? ?

15. Thank you for coming See you in September!