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2022 GETTING READY FOR
KINDERGARTEN
Family Activity Calendar
Help Me Get Ready For Kindergarten!
Talk Play Read Do Write
» Tell me your stories; » Build with me. » Read to me; listen to me » Take me to the library. » Use playdough with me.
listen to mine. "read" to you.
» Pretend with me. » Explore our community » Draw pictures with me.
» Sing songs and nursery » Point out meaningful letters with me.
rhymes. » Make time for me in my world: J is for Jack, D » Show me how to make
to play with other is for Donut. » Count things with me. letters.
» Talk about things we are kids.
» Point out the first letter in » Let me touch, taste and » Write down what I say.
doing.
» Be silly with me. words and the sound it smell new things.
» Teach me new words. makes. » Make lists with me.
» Teach me the rules. » Play games with me.
» Ask me 'how' and 'why' » Use rhyming words with me.
questions. » Re-read books I love.
Tips for Using the Calendar
This Getting Ready for Kindergarten Calendar offers daily activities that enhance developmental skills needed in school. Children develop
at their own rate! It’s up to you how to use this calendar; we give suggestions below. Calendar tips do not have to be done in order.
Parents Parents and QR Code Download
» Use the daily activities to Teachers Instructions The
engage your child in literacy
discovery.
» Enjoy the monthly tips and
videos in the QR code in the
» Each month look for the QR
Code to learn tips and tricks
children are
» Check out local resources, Parent and Teachers' Corner. for interacting with your child. our future.
including local libraries
(pg.30), community agencies
» Use daily literacy activities
as your question of the day,
» To access the QR Codes each
month open your picture app Enjoy the
(pg.31), and Ready for
Kindergarten Skills (pg.34).
during transition times, and
other times during the day.
on your phone and hold it over
the code. The video link will journey!
» Look over the Kindergarten open up for tips and tricks
» Check out recommended on preparing your child to be
registration page and other books at the library and use
school information (pg.29). ready for school.
them in the classroom.
» Read the “Children & » Use the Am I Ready for
Technology” page to discover Kindergarten? on pg. 28
Recommended Books
tips and tricks for using media to guide your teaching
in the home and on the go and monitor the children’s Each month,
(pg.33). development. look here for
» Make Talk, Play, Read, Do a list of books
and Write part of your daily to read with
"Typical" development school routines. your child.
varies from child to child.
Each month focuses on
a different topic based
O N T H LY
on Illinois Early Learning M
Standards and strategies
developed by experts.
TIPS
Encourage your child to listen
and use language to express ideas.
Take time each day to listen and Involve your child in activities
to talk with your child. which require listening and
following directions.
While traveling or at home:
Turn off the radio or CD player in your car and Give your child directions that involve two
talk about where you are going or have been. steps. Here are some examples:
Talk about what might happen when you get to Take off your shoes and put them in the
where you are going. closet.
Turn off the TV and other electronic devices and Pick up your plate and put it in the sink.
talk with your child about things that interest him
or her. Talking is teaching!
Laxmi's Mooch by Shelly Anand
The End Is Just the Beginning by
Recommended Books
Mike Bender
O N T H LY A Thousand White Butterflies by
M Jessica Betancourt-Perez
TIPS Jacob’s School Play by Ian & Sarah
Hoffman
Parent and Teacher Corner Help Wanted Must Love Books by
Janet Sumner Johnson
Danbi Leads the School Parade by
Small Children Have Big Feelings: Anna Kim
There's an Emotion Behind Every
Children come to school after many early-morning Action Chickens on the Loose by Jane Kurtz
transitions from home. There is an emotion behind http://bit.ly/2zMMS9m
What Will You Be? by Yamile Saied
every action and meltdowns can come out of Méndez
nowhere. Separation Anxiety in Young
Children
Separation anxiety is normal and
eventually most young children will
experience it. Tips for making this
transition easier.
http://bit.ly/2B25l3r
January
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Eye Care Month Remember: January Getting Ready New Year's Day 1
U-46 Kindergarten for Kindergarten Use newspapers and
magazines to make
Registration February Calendar Tip Video a New Year’s crown
7th-Feb 11th or hat.
Count items in your 2 Do sit-ups and 3 Color Tuesday 4 Count the windows 5 Library Day 6 10
Practice putting on 7 Look for happy 8
kitchen. count to 10. Look for white clothes. in your house. Get a library card for hats and gloves. faces in a magazine.
your child.
Sing your child’s 9 Have your child 10 Color Tuesday 11 Have your child 12 Library Day 13 Ask your child to 14 Do 15 jumping 15
favorite song. help prepare a meal. Look for the color practice writing his/her Read your favorite help set the table and jacks.
white outside. name using upper and children’s book to your count the items.
lower case letters. child.
Cut shapes out of 16 Martin Luther 17 Color Tuesday 18 Exercise with your 19 Library Day 20 Make a grocery list 21 Look outside and 22
paper to make a picture. King, Jr. Day Look for the color white child; hop in place, do Ask for a book about together. ask your child about
in a book or magazine. jumping jacks and arm winter fun. the weather.
Have your child circles.
draw a picture of
himself/herself
playing in the snow.
Play a board game 23 Start a nursery 24 Color Tuesday 25 Ask your child to 26 Library Day 27 Brush your teeth 28 Play I-Spy with the 29
with your child. rhyme and have your Look for something name four things Ask your child to and talk about why numbers on this page.
child finish it. white in the kitchen. that rhyme with "dog." draw a picture of a they are important. "I-Spy number 4. Can
snowman. you find 4?"
What letter does 30 Have your child 31
January start with? look at pictures in a
Can you find another book and make up his/
"J" on this page? her own story.
5
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Play card games. Play "shapes" and "sizes"
Play "Old Maid" and "Go Fish" card games. games.
Follow the directions on the back of the box.
Play hide-and-seek with different sized
Play "Memory" game. Shuffle the cards and lay shapes.
them face up. Invite your child to find the two
cards that match. Grab shapes out of a bag and name.
A deck of playing cards can be used to match Make bath time a fun learning
numbers, shapes and introduce beginning math opportunity with foam letters, numbers
skills. and shapes to play with in the tub.
Have fun as you play "I Spy" Play movement games.
color games. Play “Follow the Leader” and
Play the game by spying different colored objects “Simon Says”.
at home, outdoors, or in the car. The Kindness Hero by Jennifer
Adams
Say, “I spy something yellow. You peel it and eat
Recommended Books
it. What is it?" (banana) We Want a Dog by Lo Cole
Home is Where the Heart Is by Emma
Dodd
O N T H LY The Smile Shop by Satoshi Kitamura
M
TIPS Parent and Teacher Corner Please Don’t Read This Book! by
Deanna Kizis
Be Strong by Pat Zietlow Miller
Easy Beginner Preschool Board
Games Line And Scribble by Debora Vogrig
http://bit.ly/2PtGjDy
Sitting down and playing games with children is The Big Hug by Megan Walker
the way they learn to take turns, learn rules and
spend quality time with you. This time also gives
you the opportunity to observe skills that need to be Check out this Website for Play
worked on. The Dollar Store is a great place to grab Ideas
matching, shape, color, letter and number games. http://bit.ly/2QDtXVH
February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Black Heritage Color Tuesday 1 Groundhog Day 2 Library Day 3 Write down the 4 Read your child a 5
Month Take a walk and find Say a word to your names of family story and ask him/her
things that are pink. Make shadows with child and ask him/her to members. to act it out with a
Dental Care Month your child using a say words that rhyme. sock puppet.
flashlight.
Have your child 6 U-46 7 Color Tuesday 8 Play peek-a-boo 9 Library Day 10 Count fruit in the 11 Lincoln's 12
put a glove on his/her Kindergarten Look for pink clothes. with scarves. Ask for an award- refrigerator. Birthday
hand and count his/her Registration 7-11 winning book. Have your child
fingers. think of words that
start with the first
letter in his/her name.
Read a story with 13 Valentine's Day 14 Color Tuesday 15Hide an object, give 16 Library Day 17 Have your child 18 Leap across your 19
your child and point to Trace and cut heart Look for the color pink in your child clues and Ask for rhyming books. help prepare a meal. living room.
each word as you read. shapes together. a book or magazine. have them find it.
Count to 20. 20 President's Day 21 Washington's 22 Have your child
23 Library Day 24 Count the number
25 Name a letter and
26
Read your favorite Birthday wear something red Read a book about love. of hops your child can have your child find
children's book to your today. do on one foot. items that begin with
child. Color Tuesday that letter.
Look for something pink
in your kitchen.
Sort out toys 27 Talk about what 28 February Getting
by color. happens when snow Ready for Kindergarten
melts.
Calendar Tip Video
7
Read with your child
each day.
Create a reading area Let your child participate in book
for your child. reading with a variety of books.
Store your child’s books in a special Visit your local library with your child and get a
place that is easy to reach such as a library card.
basket, drawer, or on a low shelf. Let your child look at the picture books in the
Place a small rug or pillow in children’s section of the library and select several
the area to create a cozy and books to checkout.
comfortable place for reading. Attend a story time program at your library.
Join your child and read together in While reading a book with your child, talk about
this special place. the pictures and information on the cover of
Hold your child close to you when the book.
you read to help develop a bond and Ask your child to look at the cover and guess what
a positive attitude toward reading. the book is going to be about.
Read your child’s favorite books Show your child how to start at the beginning of
over and over as this builds strong Free To Be Elephant Me by Giles
the book and how to turn the pages from front Andreae
reading skills.
Recommended Books
to back.
Ask your child questions throughout the story Just Like Me by Vanessa Brantley-
and to retell the story in his or her own words at Newton
LY the end.
MONTH
Daddy & Dada by Ryan Brockington
TIPS Fred Gets Dressed by Peter Brown
Parent and Teacher Corner My Monster and Me by Nadiya Hussain
How To Catch a Clover Thief by Elise
Building Print Awareness Parsley
Reading aloud is so important to young children's By Sharing a Book
Home Is In Between by Mitali Perkins
learning. One of the most important skills a parent or http://bit.ly/2PnqDkZ
teacher can teach a child is how to communicate. We Dear Treefrog by Joyce Sidman
communicate by speaking, listening, reading and writing.
The Importance of Reading
Children love hearing a story when you add different Aloud to Children
intonations and make the characters and story come alive. http://bit.ly/2PphzfF
March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
. Color Tuesday 1 Ash Wednesday 2 Library Day 3 Count fruits in the 4 Put together a 5
March Getting Ready Look for green fruits Find books about refrigerator. puzzle with your child.
for Kindergarten and vegetables. Read Across spring.
Calendar Tip Video America Day
Look for Dr. Seuss
books at your library.
Have your child 6 Watch a movie with 7 Color Tuesday 8 Look for different 9 Library Day 10 Sort old socks 11 Practice the 12
think of words that your child. Look for the color green shapes in your living Talk about the author by color. "ABC" song.
start with the first outside. room. Dr. Seuss and what an
letter in his/her name.. author does.
Daylight Savings 13 Read a story with 14 Color Tuesday 15 Hide an object, give 16 St. Patrick's Day 17 Have your child 18 Count to 20. 19
Time Begins your child and point to Find the color green in your child clues and help prepare a meal.
Change your clocks each word as you read. books or magazines. have him/her find it. Library Day
and smoke detector Talk about animals.
batteries.
First Day of 20 Point out street 21 Color Tuesday 22 Have your child 23 Library Day 24 Jump 10 times. 25 Sing your favorite 26
Spring signs as you move Look for the color green write his/her name on Read one of your children’s song
Look outside for through town. in the kitchen. a card and display it on favorite Dr. Seuss together.
spring changes. the refrigerator. books.
Play a game that 27 Help your child 28 Color Tuesday 29 What letter does 30 Library Day 31
involves taking turns. practice zipping his/her Find the color green in March start with? Ask for books that can
coat. your child’s toys. Can you find other M's be sung like a song.
on the page?
9
Let your child use school tools.
Gather and organize materials for Support your child as he
coloring, drawing, writing and cutting. or she practices using
Help your child select a durable container to hold scissors.
drawing/writing materials such as: crayons, markers, Be sure that your child knows how to
and pencils. hold the scissors, how to open and
Show your child how to use markers and scissors close the blades and how to hold the
appropriately. paper. “Chomp the paper like an
Decide on some simple expectations for your child alligator mouth.”
using the drawing and writing materials. Snipping playdough snakes, strips of
Provide crafts that require your child to use construction paper or paint strips from
markers, crayons and scissors. the hardware store is good practice.
Encourage your child to explore
with drawing materials. Let your child see that
Draw a picture with your child about family events written words are a Hello Moon by Julie Downing
part of daily life.
Recommended Books
and experiences and talk about the picture. Too Much Stuff! by Emily Gravett
Praise your child’s efforts by displaying his or her Involve your child in making lists
work in a special spot. House Mouse by Michael Hall
together, writing notes and
names. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by
Joanna Ho
LY
MONTH Grace and Box by Kim Howard
TIPS Parent and Teacher Corner Arlo Draws an Octopus by Lori
Mortensen
How to Teach a Preschooler Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor
Developing fine motor skills are important for learning to Cut with Scissors
to hold a pencil in the future. You can strengthen your http://bit.ly/2z6jV91 Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon
child’s hands by giving him or her the opportunity to by Kat Zhang
play with playdough as well as using their "pincer"
grasp (index finger and thumb) to pick up little objects
like beans, beads or small pasta.
How to Teach Your Child to Use
Scan the QR codes for some easy tips for teaching Scissors Correctly
your child to cut with scissors. http://bit.ly/2PrI583April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Autism 2
Week of the April Getting Ready April Fools Day
Awareness Day
Young Child 2-8 for Kindergarten Talk about a
Calendar Tip Video favorite person. Together find things
around the house that
begin with letter “P.”
Ramadan Begins 3 Make a collage of 4 Color Tuesday 5 Sing the “ABC” 6 Library Day 7 Good Friday 8 Draw and cut out 9
shapes together. Find something blue in song. Read a story and ask circles and triangles.
Use a ruler to your clothes. your child what his/her Measure rice with a
measure your favorite part was and measuring cup or spoon.
hands and feet. why.
Palm Sunday 10 Use crayons to draw 11 Color Tuesday 12 Find some squares 13 Library Day 14 Tax Day 15 Passover Begins 16
a picture for a parent. Find something blue in your house. Ask for books about (Taxes Due)
Sing your child's outside. bugs. Act out a favorite
favorite song. Count the stairs as story or song.
you climb them in
your house.
Easter 17 Have your child 18 Color Tuesday 19 Have your child 20 Library Day 21 Earth Day 22 Last Day of 23
count all the doors Find something blue in invite a friend over Together read a Passover
Play a board game and windows in your a book or magazine. to play. book about feelings. Pick up litter to help
or card game with house. keep your neighborhood Print your name –
your child. clean. use a different color
for each letter.
Orthodox Easter 24 Have your child 25 Color Tuesday 26 Put together a 27 Library Day 28 Arbor Day 29 How high can you 30
draw a picture. Let Cut out pictures puzzle with your Talk about patterns. Take a walk and find count? Count the
Count from 0 to 10. him/her tell you that are blue from child. Can you find a shirt you small new trees that numbers on this page.
about it. magazines and glue have that has a pattern? are growing. Talk about
them on paper. "tall" trees compared to
"small" trees.
11Enjoy the sounds
of language.
Read rhymes with your child. Play with rhyming sounds
Read Mother Goose Rhymes with your child. Play a game of naming rhyming words.
Encourage your child to listen and complete (Silly, Billy, Sock, Rock)
the sentence with the rhyming word such as,
“Hickory, Dickory, Dock. The Mouse Ran up Silly, nonsense words count, too.
the (clock).”
Read books with rhyming words like Sing, dance and listen to songs with your
Jeep in a Sheep, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom children that have rhyming words. Many of
and Wocket in My Pocket. the children’s CD’s have rhyming songs.
Remember that children grow and
develop at different rates, but you may
be surprised to see how your child has
progressed in the past few months. Meesha Makes Friends by
Tom Percival
Recommended Books
Rissy No Kissies by Katey Howes
O N T H LY My Friend Ben Won’t Share by
M Charles Beyl
TIPS The Rice in the Pot Goes Round &
Round by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Parent and Teacher Corner
Daisy by Jessixa Bagley
Have You Seen Ever Seen a Flower?
by Shawn Harris
Children need to hear books with rhyming words How to Teach Your Child Key
to develop their language. Reading Skills: Phonological The Spring Book by Todd Parr
Read books with predictable endings to the Awareness -Talk, Sing, Rhyme!
sentences. Your Mama by NoNieqa Ramos
http://bit.ly/2Ffm4Vc
Did you know you can check out children’s CD’s
from the library?May
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Asian Pacific 1 Children’s 2 Color Tuesday 3 Hide an object. 4 Cinco de Mayo 5 Talk about summer 6 Help your child get 7
American Heritage Book Week Find something Have your child look plans. the mail. Count the
Month May 2 - May 8 yellow in your for it by giving him/her Library Day pieces together.
Make a parade with child's toys. clues. Share a nursery
May Day your stuffed animals. rhyme with your child.
Bake cookies Count how many
together. Count the animals in the parade.
number on each tray.
Mother's Day 8 Find things that 9 Color Tuesday 10 Talk about the 11 Library Day 12 Make animal noises. 13 Sing the "ABC Song.".14
Make up silly words that begin with the letter “B.” Find something yellow weather. “April showers Ask about summer Have your child guess
rhyme with your child’s in your clothes. bring May flowers.” Is it reading programs. the animal.
name. rainy or sunny?
Take a "rainbow 15 Listen to a story, 16 Color Tuesday 17 Buy a packet of 18 Library Day 19 Take a walk and talk 20 Armed 21
walk." Find all the cassette tape or CD Find something yellow flower seeds - plant Read two books about the different Forces Day
colors of the rainbow. with your child. outside. some in a paper cup. today. Have your child sounds you hear. Draw some flowers.
tell which is his/her Color them.
favorite and why.
Name a letter and 22 Write your child’s 23 Color Tuesday 24 Cut out shapes and 25 Library Day 26 Visit Festival Park 27 Practice opposites 28
have your child find name. Have them trace Find something yellow play a matching game. Ask a librarian to in Elgin and play. with your child (up/
items beginning with the letters. in a book or magazine. recommend new down, in/out, over/
that letter. children’s music. under).
Sing songs with 29 Memorial Day 30 Color Tuesday 31
rhyming sounds. Discuss the pattern Find something yellow May Getting Ready for
in the flag. Find other in the kitchen. Kindergarten Calendar
patterns. Tip Video
13Give your child daily opportunities
to use large muscles.
Let your child spend time inside and outdoors
and have space and freedom to use large
muscles. Join your child in active play.
Have a safe outdoor place for your child to run and play.
Let your child pedal a tricycle outdoors.
Take music outside to enjoy and dance to.
Hang a basketball hoop low enough so your child can
successfully “make a basket.”
Toss bean bags into a basket or a tape circle on the floor.
Create an obstacle course in your house. Use words like crawl “over” the
chair. Slide “under” the table. Slither "through" the door like a snake.
They Call Me River by Maciek
LY Albrecht
MONTH
Recommended Books
Outside, You Notice by Erin Alladin
TIPS Parent and Teacher Corner Bird Boy by Matthew Burgess
I Am the Wind by Michael Karg
If you have concerns about your
child’s gross or fine motor skills, Most Days by Michael Leannah
What are gross motor skills?
you can contact the Early Learners A Garden to Save the Birds by Wendy
Gross motor skills are the abilities required to Department in your school district McClure
control the large muscles of the body for walking,
jumping, skipping, and more. Gross motor skills help for a screening.
Play Outside! by Laurent Moreau
a child gain strength and confidence in his/her body.
It also helps them get exercise and physical activity.
Best Day Ever! by Marilyn Singer
The Difference Between Fine
What are fine motor skills? and Gross Motor Skills
Fine motor skills are the abilities required to control http://bit.ly/2K6Ijvz
the small muscles in the body to develop skills like
coloring with a crayon, writing with a pencil, or
cutting with scissors.June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Remember: Have your child 1 Library Day 2 Discuss your 3 Find things around 4
invite a friend over Take a walk around the family's favorite food. the house that are
Did you schedule a kindergarten and play a game. path at the library after square or circular.
physical, eye and dental exams? you check out books.
Take a walk and 5 How many clothes 6 Color Tuesday 7 Walk like a penguin. 8 Library Day 9 Have a picnic in the 10 Play “Simon Says.” 11
count the flowers can you put on all by Find something black What other animal is Ask for books about backyard. Focus on exercise
you see. yourself? outside. black & white? summer fun. activities (hopping,
bending over, touching
toes).
Play catch together 12 Make an obstacle 13 Flag Day 14 Sing "The Ants Go 15 Library Day 16 Have your child 17 Have a picnic with 18
and count as you catch course for your bike. Marching" song. Ask for books about write his/her name your child or play a
the ball. Color Tuesday cars or trucks. in some sand. game outside.
Find something black in
a book or magazine.
Father's Day 19 Count from 1 to 10 20 First Day 21 Name words that 22 Library Day 23 Visit the park or a 24 Play a game 25
Dance together. or as high as your child of Summer rhyme with “can.” Ask for books that beach. together such as
can count. have shapes in them. “Memory” or “Go Fish.”
Color Tuesday
Find something black in
the kitchen.
26 Find things that 27 Color Tuesday 28 Go on a scavenger 29 30
Help your child Library Day June Getting Ready
practice putting their begin with the letter “T.” Find something black hunt outside and look Read a book with an
shoes on. in your toys. for things that are the adult on a blanket
for Kindergarten
color yellow, green and outside under a tree. Calendar Tip Video
red.
15Introduce your child to
numbers and counting.
Use number words Involve your child in number
and point out written and counting activities.
numerals as you and Play “Simon Says.” Say to your child,
your child do things “Simon says clap your hands 5 times.”
“Simon Says take 3 steps forward.”
together. “Can you show me 4 fingers on your hand?”
“I need you to put 3 forks and “Can you show me 5 fingers on your hand?”
3 plates on the table.” “Take one finger away. How many
“Pick out 4 apples and put the fingers do you have left?”
apples in the bag.”
“See if you can stack 6 pennies Read, tell stories, sing songs
on the table.” and say rhymes about
“Can you put 4 blocks in a numbers and counting with One, Two, Grandma Loves You
row?” your child. by Shelly Becker
Recommended Books
Ten Little Dumplings by Larissa Fan
Read or sing Five Little Monkeys
Jumping on the Bed. Bracelets for Bina's Brothers by Rajani
Sing counting songs such as LaRocca
“This Old Man.”
LY Ducks on the Road by Anita Lobel
MONTH Parent and Teacher Corner
The Rescuer of Tiny Creatures by Curtis
TIPS Manley
Oh Look, a Cake! by J.C. McKee
The Importance of Early Math One-osaurus Two-osaurus by Kim
http://bit.ly/2Pmz9Rc Norman
Early math skills are learned through everyday play. Strollercoaster by Matt Ringler
Make learning fun! Talking is teaching! Everyday Fun With Measurement
http://bit.ly/2OH059gJuly
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
What food would 1 Use sidewalk chalk 2
July Getting Ready for you take on a picnic? to draw a hopscotch
Kindergarten Calendar board and count as
Tip Video you hop.
Keep the TV off 3 Independence 4 Color Tuesday 5 Use family photos 6 Library Day 7 Use a stick to write 8 Make a piggy bank 9
today. Read books and Day Find something red to tell different stories. Talk with your child. numbers in the dirt or out of a coffee can
play games instead. Draw and decorate outside. What did you do today? sand. or box and start
a flag. saving coins.
Pretend to be a 10 Have your child 11 Color Tuesday 12 Put on music and 13 Library Day 14 Using blocks, ask 15 Play “I Spy” with 16
statue. How long can help make his/her Find something red dance and clap to the Let your child pick your child to sort by numbers.
you stay still? favorite sandwich. in a book or magazine. beat. out a DVD the whole colors. Now create
family will enjoy. a pattern.
Have your child 17 Practice counting 18 Color Tuesday 19 Count pennies into 20 Library Day 21 Open your piggy 22 Play a counting 23
practice your phone to 10 (or higher)! Find something red in piles of 1, 2, 3... Ride your bike or bank, sort and count game like “How many
number. your kitchen. walk to the library. the coins. striped or spotted
things do you see?”
Ask for music or 24 Make a touch and 25 Color Tuesday 26 Make a grocery list 27 Library Day 28 Find two things in 29 Sing a favorite 30
stories to play in feel box with objects Find something red in together and go to the Have a birthday party your house that are song with your child.
your car. from outside. Have your your clothes. store. for a doll or stuffed your favorite color.
child reach in and guess animal.
what he/she touches.
Have your child 31
name letters found on
cereal boxes, cans, etc.
17Make "going to Kindergarten"
plans with your child.
Visit your child’s school and Practice going to Kindergarten.
preview school activities. Begin to gather school supplies with your child.
Play school with your child. Take turns being
Attend your school’s family open house, parent night the teacher. Have story time, sing songs, draw
or “meet the teacher day.” Here are some things to do pictures, play a game.
when you visit:
Explore the classroom. Look at the books and Maintain predictable family
materials, find out where the children store
backpacks, and hang coats. routines.
Find out about the daily schedule for your child’s Establish a regular bedtime for your child.
class so you can talk about it at home. American Academy of Pediatrics recommends
Ask when they have story time, lunch, outdoor 10-13 hours of sleep per night for children
play and rest time. Children understanding their ages 3-5.
schedule helps with transitions. Be prepared for your morning “before
Locate the restrooms and water fountains. school” times. Getting everyone up and off Alaina and the Great Play by
to school can be hectic. Planning and Eloise Greenfield
Look for the cafeteria, the playground, principal’s
Recommended Books
getting organized the night before can
office, nurse’s office, library and other special eliminate transition problems for your child Something's Wrong! by Jory John
features of the school. and a hassle free morning.
What Does Little Crocodile Say? by
Designate a place for lunch boxes and Eva Montanari
backpacks that need to go to school so
you aren’t scrambling in the morning.
LY My First Day by Phung Nguyen Quang
MONTH Parent and Teacher Corner The Story of an Apple by Stacy Taus-
TIPS Bolstad
Q and U Call It Quits by Stef Wade
Transitioning to Kindergarten
The first days of school are http://bit.ly/2z54nSQ Bear Can't Wait by Karma Wilson
often tough for both young
If I Were a Tree by Andrea Zimmerman
children and parents. When
you say goodbye, reassure your child that you will
see him or her later. Children don’t understand time Helping Your Kindergartener
so mention a specific time and a concrete activity, with Separation Anxiety
for example “I will pick you up after you have had http://bit.ly/2PTBLFK
lunch and gone out to play.”August
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Make a pancake 1 Color Tuesday 2 Practice bouncing 3 Talk to your child 4 Look for things that 5 Plan a party for the 6
and create a face Find something purple a ball. Count the about their new begin with “P.” Point 1st day of school.
on it with fruit. in the kitchen. number of bounces. school-day bedtime out the letter “P” in
and wake-up schedule. print.
Pretend it is the 7 Help your child 8 Color Tuesday 9 Visit your child's 10 Library Day 11 Practice writing your 12 Make up a story for 13
first day of school. write his/her name Name objects that are new school and play Ask for stories about name with crayons, your child.
Practice ways to say and identify each letter. the color purple. on the playground. families. markers, chalk, and
goodbye with your pencils.
child.
Take a picnic lunch 14 Practice taking turns 15 Color Tuesday 16 Paint on the 17 Make a costume out 18 Find words that 19 Write a letter or 20
to a park. and sharing. Find something purple sidewalk with water. of things you have at rhyme with “me.” draw a picture to a
outside. Practice your letters. home. special friend.
Find your favorite 21 Take a walk and talk 22 Color Tuesday 23 Help set the table. 24 Library Day 25 Practice your phone 26 Help your child draw 27
color flower outside about the sounds you Find something Count the plates, forks, Ask for books about number and address a picture and give it to
and tell someone what hear. purple in a book or spoons and napkins. friendships. with your child. someone special.
color it is. magazine.
Help your child 28 Practice with your 29 Color Tuesday 30 Play “Hide & Seek” 31
August Getting Ready
make a list of things child zipping jacket, Help your child find outside.
that make him/her pulling pants up and something purple in for Kindergarten
happy. down and buttoning. their toys. Calendar Tip Video
These self-help
skills are needed for
independence in school.
19Help your child learn
personal information.
Involve your child in learning personal
information about him or herself.
My name is __________________________(includes child’s first and last name.)
My mother’s name is _________________________________
My father’s name is ___________________________________
My address is ____________________________________________
My phone number is _________________________
I Am a Peaceful Goldfish by
O N T H LY Shoshana Chaim & Lori Joy Smith
M
Recommended Books
TIPS
Bodies are Cool by Tyler Feder
Parent and Teacher Corner Tea Time by Beth Ferry
A Cape! by Marty Kelley
Thao: A Picture Book by Thao Lam
Learning personal information is one of the When asking about an address you More Than Fluff by Madeline Valentine
most important lessons you can teach your might say, “What is your address?”
child in case he or she gets lost or accidentally The next day, I would ask, “Where do If Only by Mies Van Hout
separated from you. you live?
Ask your child questions in different ways. In an All We Need by Kathy Wolff
emergency, your child may be asked, "What is
your address?" "Where do you live?" "What is Teach Kids to Get Found
your full name?" The variety of questions will When They're Lost
help your child know what to expect. http://bit.ly/2QGaaVQSeptember
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3
September Getting Ready Library Day Go outside. Find Make a list of things
Ask about fall rocks to make the first that start with the
for Kindergarten Calendar programs for kids. letter of your name. letters of your child’s
Tip Video first name.
Call someone on the 4 Labor Day 5 Color Tuesday 6 Go outside to play 7 Library Day 8 Read and talk about 9 Try a new food 10
phone to say, “I love Help clean up the yard Find something silver or or swing. Make a smiley face people from other to eat.
you.” or a park. gray in a book or using fruits and cultures.
magazine. vegetables.
Learning the numbers
on the phone helps with
needed math skills too!
Grandparents 11 Practice your phone 12 Color Tuesday 13 Make a collage with 14 Hispanic 15 Find something in 16 Find 10 circular 17
Day number and address. Draw a picture using leaves. Heritage Month your pantry. Make it objects in your home.
Find something to silver or gray crayons. September 15 - together for dinner.
stack – how high can October 15
you build it?
Library Day
Pick 2 books to
read today.
Practice naming 18 Wear the same 19 Color Tuesday 20 Find things that 21 First Day of 22 Native 23 Help your child 24
opposites. color clothes as Find something silver or begin with the letter “F.” Autumn American Day practice writing his/her
your child. gray in your toys. Make a list of all your first and last name.
Library Day friends names.
Sing the nursery
rhyme "Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star."
Take a walk and 25 Rosh Hashanah 26 Color Tuesday 27 Draw a picture of 28 Library Day 29 Have your child 30
count the trees. Talk Buy sandpaper and cut Find something silver or your family and have Check out new books at retell a story or event in
with your child about out the letters of your gray in the kitchen. your child say the first the library about fall. order (first, middle, last).
what animals live in child’s name. Let him/ and last name of each
trees. her feel and talk about member.
the texture.
21Invite your child to think
and solve problems.
Ask questions: Play pattern games with your child.
“Wow that is a tall tower! How many Create a movement pattern and ask your child to repeat it.
blocks did you use to make that For example: -step-step-jump, step-step-jump
structure? 1, 2, 3, 4. You used four (take 2 steps forward, then jump)
blocks to make that tower.” Start a pattern using objects and ask your child to, “Make a pattern
“Do you have your raincoat and just like this one.” For example: fork, spoon, fork, spoon
umbrella today? How does the
raincoat protect you when it is cold
and raining?”
Provide opportunities to experience and
“I noticed how you drew a triangle on resolve challenges cooperatively.
top of the square to make a structure Give your child lots of time to play with other children. Encourage
with a roof. How are those two activities that involve sharing such as books, blocks, crayons,
shapes different?” playdough and dress-up clothes.
“I wonder if we can build a tower out
of marshmallows or sticks.”
“What would happen if it started Provide opportunities that encourage
raining on our walk to school?” thinking and problem solving. Avocado Asks by Momoko Abe
Recommended Books
“I wonder why the leaves are Work on a puzzle together. Milo Imagines the World by
turning yellow and brown?” Play with playdough. Matt de la Peña
Measure and pour water or sand.
A Rainbow of Rocks by Kate DePalma
Build with LEGO's or any blocks to compare sizes, shapes and colors.
LY
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It's a Pumpkin! by Wendy McClure
TIPS Parent and Teacher Corner Ship in a Bottle by Andrew Prahin
Following directions is an And Then Came Hope by Stephen
Savage
important skill for being “Learning to follow directions can be a
successful in Kindergarten. Give challenge for young children. This video I Want A Boat! by Liz Garton Scanlon
your child opportunities to be contains tips for teaching young children to
in activities where he/she is asked to listen and follow How to Help A Pumpkin Grow by
directions for short periods of time like story times. Prior listen and follow directions.” Ashley Wolff
to an activity, talk to your child about the expectations. - Sixty Second Parent
This helps your child transition easier. After the activity,
talk about what he/she enjoyed and praise him/her
for sitting, listening and/or participating in the proper Following Directions
manner. “I liked how you sat and listened to the http://bit.ly/2K6Jrzj
story. You were a good example for other children to
understand how to listen with your whole body.”October
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Remember October Getting Ready Find something that 1
to change the rhymes with the word,
batteries in for Kindergarten Calendar "sat".
the fire Tip Video
and smoke
detectors.
Go outside and ask 2 Count groups of 3 Yom Kippur 4 Make up a story 5 Library Day 6 Sing the song 7 Take a walk around 8
your child to repeat ten using cereal like Begins about a stuffed animal Ask for books about a "If You’re Happy sunset and talk
patterns: Cheerios or beans. or puppet. favorite animal. and You Know It." about what your
step-step-jump; Color Tuesday child observes that is
hop-clap-hop. Find something orange different?
in your clothes.
Fire Prevention 9 Columbus Day 10 Color Tuesday 11 Find things that 12 Library Day 13 Give your child a 14 Let your child draw 15
Week Find something orange begin with the As you select fruits newspaper or magazine on the sidewalk
Indigenous outside. letter "S." and vegetables at the and have him/her with chalk.
Talk about fall and Peoples' Day store have your child highlight each "s" they
make a picture of a name the colors. find.
tree.
Make a picnic lunch 16 Make no-cook play- 17 Color Tuesday 18 Make a card for a 19 Library Day 20 Visit a new park 21 Invite a friend over 22
and eat outside. dough together. Find something orange friend. Deliver the Ask the librarian to today. Have your child to play outdoors.
Find easy recipes at: in a book or magazine. special card! share one of his/her name objects on the
littlebinsforlittlehands. favorites. playground.
com
Find items that 23 Have your child 24 Color Tuesday 25 Read a story to your 26 Library Day 27 Take your child for 28 Find something at 29
begin with the same match socks as you fold Find something orange child. Point to each Carve a pumpkin a walk and collect home to make a
letter. laundry. in the kitchen. word as you read. with an adult. different kinds of costume.
leaves.
Find things around 30 Halloween 31
the house that begin Sort your food in the
with the letter "T." pantry by names,
sizes, shapes, colors.
23Help your child become aware of letters
and words at home and in the community.
Encourage your child to "read" Help your child recognize his or
environmental print. her own first name in print.
Give your child printed materials such as magazines,
grocery store ads, and menus from your favorite Say each letter in your child’s name out loud
restaurants to play with. when you write his or her name.
Invite your child to “read” road and business signs Put alphabet letter magnets from your child's
as you drive. name on the refrigerator to play with. Children
learn through PLAY!
Give your child opportunities to Encourage your child to spell his or her name by
placing the magnets in the correct order.
recognize and name letters of
the alphabet. Place the alphabet letter magnets in a bag and
pull out a letter one at a time and name them.
Encourage your child to find letters in his or her name
in signs that you see.
Read alphabet books and allow him or her to name the
I Is For Immigrants by Selina Alko
letters he or she recognizes.
Recommended Books
Ruby’s Reunion Day Dinner by
Angela Dalton
LY Keeping the City Going by Brian Floca
MONTH Dumplings For Lili by Melissa Iwai
TIPS Family Reunion by Chad & Dad
Parent and Teacher Corner Richardson
A Pizza with Everything on It by
Kyle Scheele
Becoming Aware of Print Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa
Print awareness is a necessary skill children need Wheeler & Loren Long
to begin to learn to read. To recognize letters and http://bit.ly/2JZue2M
understand that each letter has a meaning will In My Mosque by M.O Yuksel
help your child begin to understand how words are
The Importance of Reading Aloud:
formed. You can build print awareness skills at home/
Tips for Reading to Children
school by reading books, and making letters, words,
http://bit.ly/2DBBZLU
and print a part of every day.November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
November Getting Ready Color Tuesday 1 Count the number 2 Library Day 3 Help your child build 4 Put a leaf under a 5
Find something brown of days on the calendar Play a game that his/her name using sheet of paper and rub
for Kindergarten Calendar outside. until Thanksgiving. involves taking turns. magnetic letters. your crayon over it.
Tip Video
Daylight Savings 6 7 8 9 10 Veterans Day 11 12
Name four things Election Day. Have your child Library Day Hide a treasure in
Time ends that rhyme with “pig.” write and decorate his Ask for a Thanksgiving Practice the the house and then give
Change your clocks. VOTE! or her name and display book. “ABC” song. your child clues to find
it on his or her bedroom it.
door.
Sing a favorite 13 Find things that 14 Color Tuesday 15 Make a decoration 16 Library Day 17 Pretend to be a 18 Trace your hands to 19
song together. begin with the letter Find something brown for Thanksgiving. Ask for books about bear – talk about what make turkeys. Color the
“T.” in a book or magazine. food or cooking. sounds they make, what tail feathers.
color they are, what they
eat.
Help your child 20 Take your child to 21 Color Tuesday 22 Count how many 23 Thanksgiving 24 Help your child 25 Enjoy a family movie 26
make a list of the things the grocery store and Find something brown chairs are in the house. Enjoy some good food. make a list of all the night – have hot
he/she is thankful for. talk about the colors in the kitchen. things that he/she can chocolate & cookies.
and shapes of food and do “all by myself.”
recognize the letters on
cans and boxes.
Line up all your 27 Help your child 28 Color Tuesday 29 Exercise with your 30
cars/trucks. Use a ruler practice putting on Play I Spy something child. Count the number
to measure the line. his/her winter coat. brown at home. of arm circles or hops.
Try the flip-coat trick
method (ask Google).
25Make math a “hands on” learning
experience for your child.
Use recycled materials such as small boxes, paper towel Include addition and subtraction words as you talk
tubes, and bottle tops to involve your child in addition with your child.
and subtraction and “more” or “less” activities. Make a recipe with your child. Use math words
Pretend you are a zookeeper. Put 3 animals in one like first, second and third to describe the steps.
cage and 5 animals in another. Say to your child, Talk about measurements as you use measuring
“Show me the cage that has more animals.” cups and spoons.
Add variety to math games. Use paper towel tubes Ask your child, “You have 5 crackers and I have 3.
as tunnels for the counting bears and small boxes as Do you have more crackers or fewer crackers than
garages for cars. I do?”
Ask your child, "How many forks, napkins and spoons Ask your child, “You put 4 crayons in a box. Now
do we need to make sure each person gets one?" add 2 more. How many crayons are in the box?”
Explore Measurement
Measure with straws, sticks, shoes, paperclips. Tell stories and read books that include math
Ask your child, "Are you taller or shorter than your ideas, and books in which characters are added or
siblings?" subtracted as the story progresses.
Help your child measure your foot and then measure Read number books such as Five Little Ducks. What the World Could Make by
his or hers. Holly Mcghee
Recommended Books
As a duck goes away, ask your child how
Use words like smallest to largest, shortest to tallest, many ducks are left.
lightest to heaviest. Ten Ways to Hear Snow by
Cathy Camper
Seaside Stroll by Charles Trevino
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More Than Sunny by Shelley Johannes
Parent and Teacher Corner
TIPS Dogs at Work by Margaret Cardillo
The best time to introduce math Not Little by Maya Myers
concepts to your children is
Can I Sit With You? by Sarah Jacoby
between birth and five years old.
Everyday Fun With
Listen by Gabi Snyder
The home and classroom are full of opportunites to Addition and Subtraction
integrate math into children's routines. Engage in play http://bit.ly/2OGh8by
activities that involve games, songs and books that are
already part of the child's day.December
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
December Getting Ready Library Day 1 Bake cookies with 2 Build a fort or igloo 3
Make a list of your an adult and decorate. with blankets, sheets
for Kindergarten Calendar favorite foods or toys. Cooking is a great time or pillows.
Tip Video to build math skills like
counting, measuring
and recognizing
numbers.
Play some music, 4 Have your child 5 Color Tuesday 6 Draw a star and 7 Library Day 8 Sing a favorite 9 Have your child help 10
have child “freeze” help write his/her name Find something gold decorate with glitter. Check out books about holiday song. you make pizza for
when you stop the in holiday cards. in a book or magazine. kindness. dinner.
music.
Sing "Frosty the 11 Name two words 12 Color Tuesday 13 Use socks or paper 14 Library Day 15 Go on a family 16 Draw a picture of 17
Snowman" and hope that rhyme with 'snow'. Find something gold in bags to make puppets Have your child car ride/walk and talk your family.
for snow. the kitchen. and have a puppet help you cut wrapping about the holiday lights
show with your child. paper for presents. you see.
Hanukkah 18 Give your child a 19 Color Tuesday 20 First Day of 21 Library Day 22 Pretend you are 23 Christmas Eve 24
Begins household job like Find something gold Winter Talk about your favorite rowing a boat – count Make a snowman
Sing and act out setting the table or in your toys. Have a child help you memory/thing that as you row. with 1 hat, 2 eyes,
"Hickory Dickory helping you prepare draw a red and white happened this year. 3 snowballs, on paper
Dock."” a meal. candy cane. Talk about or outside!
patterns like in the
candy cane.
Christmas 25 Hanukkah 26 Color Tuesday 27 Make giant steps 28 Library Day 29 Talk about what 30 New Year's Eve 31
Day Ends When riding in a car across the floor and Help your child write you’re excited about Decorate party hats to
see if you can spy count them. or draw. for next year. celebrate.
Kwanzaa Begins something out the
Count up to 20 window that is gold.
and back down to
0 with your child.
27Am I Ready for Kindergarten?
PARENTS GET YOUR
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT:
Speaks in Complete Sentences
3-5 YEAR OLD
Recognizes some LETTERS of ALPHABET
CHILDREN READY
RECOGNIZES LETTERS in NAME, signs or logos
FOR KINDERGARTEN!
Identifies and attempts to WRITE
FIRST NAME
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: Completes a Looks at PICTURES and TELLS STORY
SIMPLE PUZZLE
Fine & Gross Motor Skills Expresses FEELINGS with WORDS
Throws a BALL, Uses a PENCIL,
Says FULL NAME
CLIMBS & RUNS CRAYON, SCISSORS
Uses alternate feet MATH SKILLS:
COLORS AND DRAWS walking downstairs Recognizes BASIC SHAPES and COLORS
beyond a simple scribble
COUNT OBJECTS up to 10
KNOWS AGE
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
-
Puts toys and materials away
SELF-HELP SKILLS:
FASTENS pants, PUTS on and ZIPS jacket,
Takes TURNS and SHARES LISTENS and FOLLOWS able to DRESS independently
2-3 step DIRECTIONS Uses TOILET MYSELF
SITS and LISTENS to a story Pretends to READ a BOOK
ASKS for HELP
All Children Grow and Develop at their own Pace.
Starting at Birth, Use the FIRST 2,000 DAYS to Get Your Child Ready for School.Kindergarten
Registration Information
All parents/legal guardians Paperwork Required
of children who will be five In most cases, the parent/legal guardian
years of age on or before will need to bring the following for
September 1, 2022 are kindergarten registration:
encouraged to register their Child’s official birth certificate
children for kindergarten. (with raised seal)
Proof of residency (required for
all registrants) – copy of signed
Kindergarten registration mortgage, contract to build or lease
begins February 7, 2022 agreement showing the owner/
for the 2022-2023 school resident’s name and address OR
TWO of the following items:
year. Go to your school
district kindergarten page Utility bills which have the name
and address of the resident Health
to get registered and more Requirements
information. Valid driver’s license
All students entering kindergarten must provide
Voter registration card documentation of a current physical examination
and immunizations PRIOR to STARTING school
State medical card AND proof of an eye AND dental exam. You do
not need proof of a physical, eye or dental exam to
y
Talk
Pla
ad
Notarized affidavit of residency from the register your child.
Re
parent or person with whom the child is
residing, affirming that the child eats and
Do
It is recommended that you schedule appointments
sleeps at the residence. for your child’s kindergarten physical, eye and
Me
Give e!
dental exam by April! Students who do not have
physical, eye and dental exams by the first day of
Fiv school will NOT be allowed to attend school.
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29Local Libraries
Library storytimes
boost language skills
and reading readiness
through stories, Gail Borden Algonquin Area Bartlett
songs, fingerplays, Public Library Public Library Public Library
www.bartlettlibrary.org
and rhymes. www.gailborden.info www.aapld.org
800 S. Bartlett Road
Main Location Main Library Bartlett, IL 60103
270 N. Grove Ave. 2600 Harnish Drive 630-837-2855
Elgin, Illinois 60120 Algonquin, IL 60102
Look for your library's 847-742-2411 847-458-6060 Poplar Creek
storytime schedule on Rakow Branch Branch Library Public Library
their website or give 2751 W. Bowes Rd. 115 Eastgate Drive www.pclib.org
them a call. Elgin, IL 60124
847-531-7271
Algonquin, IL 60102
Main Library
847-658-4343
1405 S. Park Avenue
South Elgin Branch Streamwood, IL 60107
127 S. McLean Blvd. Fox River Valley 630-837-6800
South Elgin, IL 60177 Public Library Sonya Crawshaw Branch
847-931-2090
www.frvpld.info 4300 Audrey Lane
Ella Johnson Dundee Library
Hanover Park, IL 60133
630-837-6800
Memorial Public 555 Barrington Avenue
East Dundee, IL 60118
Library 847-428-3661 St. Charles
www.ellajohnsonlibrary.org
Randall Oaks Branch Public Library
109 S. State Street
500 N. Randall Road www.scpld.org
Hampshire, IL 60140
West Dundee, IL 60118 1 South Sixth Avenue
847-683-4490
847-428-3661 St. Charles, IL 60174Community Agencies
School physical, eye and dental exams Developmental
Screenings
Aunt Martha's Carpentersville Greater Family Health
All children develop in unique ways and at different rates. Screenings are a fun and
Community Health Center Provides quality, affordable, health care services
including pediatrics, family practice, psychiatry, comfortable way to learn how a child is developing, and to address developmental questions
Provides medical, dental and mental health parents and caregivers may have. Call your local school district to learn more about
services for children and adults. Health Care WIC, obstetrics/gynecology, dental care and
health care benefits enrollment. School-based developmental screenings in your area.
services include: sick care, routine check-ups
for well children, lead and health screenings, services are also provided at numerous area School District U-46 DayOne PACT -
immunizations, school and sports physicals, schools. For developmental screenings. Child & Family Connections
serving both insured and uninsured » www.greaterfamilyhealth.org Early Interventions provides services
» www.u-46.org/earlylearners
individuals. for children under the age of 3 with
» Summit Health Center » (847) 888-5000 X 6094 developmental delays.
» www.auntmarthas.org
373 Summit Street
» www.dayonepact.org
» 3003 Wakefield Drive Elgin IL 60120 Central CUSD 301
Carpentersville, IL 60110 (847) 608-1344 Provides screenings for developmental » 1551 E. Fabyan Pkwy.
(847) 851-8600 delays for children ages 3-5. Geneva, IL 60134
» Seneca Health Center
450 Dundee Avenue » 275 South St. (630) 879-2277
VNA Health Care Center P.O. Box 396 Toll Free (888) 282-0997
Provides quality health care services to Elgin IL 60120
everyone. Accepts Medicaid/All Kids, Blue (847) 608-1344 Burlington, IL 60109
(847) 464-6005 Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley
Cross/Blue Shield, Harmony and most PPOs. » Streamwood Community Health Center Provides services to help children and adults
» www.vnahealth.org 135 E. Irving Park Road with disabilities and/or special needs as well
St. Charles CUSD 303 as support to their families.
Streamwood, IL 60107
» 620 Wing Street » www.foxridge.d303.org
(630) 313-5300 » easterseals.com/dfv
Elgin, IL 60123
» Randall Health Center » Fox Ridge School » 1135 Bowes Rd., Suite B
(847) 717-6455
1435 N. Randall Rd. 1905 Tyler Road Elgin, IL 60123
» 801 Villa Street St. Charles, IL 60174
Suite 410 (847) 742-3264
Elgin, IL 60120 (331) 228-4834
Elgin, IL 60123
(847) 717-6455
847-608-1344
Well Child Center
Lossman Eye Care Associates
More Assistance
Provides dental services to youth between
the ages of 1 and 18 years old who are Eye exams are covered by Medicaid/All Kids. YWCA CCR&R Centro de Información
either underinsured or uninsured, promoting Glasses are available. Finding quality, convenient and affordable Provides bilingual advocacy, information
good oral and preventive healthcare as a child care is not an easy job. The YWCA and referral, immigration and naturalization
» www.lossmaneyecare.com
way of life. assists parents and caretakers in their services, parenting skills training, community
» 96 N. Kennedy Drive search for child care and preschools through education and youth programs.
» www.wellchildcenter.org Carpentersville, IL 60110 referrals, individual counseling and provider
workshops. » 1885 Lin Lor Lane
» 620 Wing Street (847) 428-4884 Elgin, IL 60123
Elgin, IL 60123 » (630) 790-6600 (847) 695-9050
(847) 741-7370
» www.ywcachicago.org www.centrodeinformacion.org
31Discover the Path of Early Learning
The Born Learning Trail The Elgin Partnership
The Born Learning Trail is a series of learning activities that for Early Learning
any adult can play with young children outdoors in nature’s
classroom. There are 10 signs, each including activities The Elgin Partnership for Early
such as Imagine! Create! Pretend!, which encourages the Learning (EPEL) is an early childhood
caregiver to spur the child’s imagination and storytelling collaboration that partners with the
Greater Elgin community to prepare
skills and See! Say! Point! Read!, which builds letter and children for success in school and
sound recognition through word play and rhymes. life. EPEL’s website is designed to
help Parents and Caregivers find the
There are four Born Learning Trail Locations: resources you need to serve your child in
» Channing Park the community best.
35 Rugby Trail, Elgin 60120 You will find:
» Copper Springs Park » Community Resources
380 Copper Springs Lane, Elgin 60124
» Professional Services
» Illinois Park Center for Early Learning
1350 Wing Street, Elgin 60123 » Confidential
Developmental
» Willard Elementary School Screenings
370 W Spring Street, South Elgin 60177
» Child Care
Opportunities
333 S. Wabash
30th Floor » Parent/Caregiver Resources
Chicago, IL 60604 Parenting isn't easy. EPEL is here to help
847-768-1257 you find support, resources, and early
childhood programs for you and your
family.
Call our toll-free 844-KID-INFO line to
Move, Play and Talk Signs speak to someone in English or Spanish
Visit Festival Park, 132 S. Grove to answer your questions.
Street in downtown Elgin to build
readiness skills while Learning
Through Play. 1-844-KID-INFO
www.elginpartnership.orgYou can also read
