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KINDERGARTEN
A Calendar of Family Activities for 2018– 2019
United Way of Gratiot & Isabella Counties — Helping all children succeed in school and in life.
It’s never too early to get
ready for kindergarten!
O ne of the most exciting days
for you and your child is the
first day of kindergarten. This calendar
month focuses on a different topic
with suggested daily activities based
on strategies developed by early
is designed to help you and your child learning experts. Use this calendar as
get ready for that special day. Let’s get a guide for fun ideas. Include family
started! members and friends in the activities.
This calendar is for 3, 4, and 5 Have a wonderful year together as you
year olds who are preparing for get ready for the big day!
kindergarten. The calendar runs from Remember that play is an important
June 2018 through May 2019. Each part of learning. Your child learns best
when he/she is spending time with you
and doing activities that are fun and
interesting. Children develop at their
own pace and “typical” development
can vary greatly from child to child.
School readiness is much more than
knowing letters and numbers. Children
who are kindergarten ready have good
social, self-help and physical skills and
are developing a love for learning.
Kindergarten R eadiness Checklist
This checklist is a guide to help Good Health & Physical Well-Being Language & General Knowledge
My child: My child:
prepare your child for school. ■ Eats a balanced diet ■ Has many opportunities to talk
It’s best to look at the items on ■ Gets plenty of rest and listen
the list as goals to aim Toward. ■ Receives regular medical and ■ Is read to every day
If your child lags behind in some dental care ■ Has access to books and other
■ Has had all the necessary reading materials
areas, don’t worry, remember that immunizations ■ Is learning about print and books
children grow and develop at ■ Runs, jumps, plays outdoors and does ■ Has television viewing monitored
different rates. other activities that provide exercise by an adult
and help develop large muscles ■ Is encouraged to ask questions
■ Scribbles, colors, paints and does ■ Is encouraged to solve problems
other activities that help develop small ■ Has opportunities to notice similarities
muscles and differences
■ Is encouraged to sort and classify things
Social & Emotional Preparation
■ Is learning to write his/her name
My child:
and address
■ Is learning to try new things
■ Is learning to count and play
■ Is learning to work well alone and
counting games
to do many tasks independently
■ Is learning to identify and name shapes
■ Has many opportunities to be with
and colors
other children and is learning to
■ Has opportunities to draw and to
cooperate with them
be creative
■ Is curious and motivated to learn
■ Has opportunities to listen to and
■ Is learning to finish tasks
make music and to dance
■ Is learning to use self-control
■ Has opportunities to get first-hand
■ Can follow simple instructions
experiences and to do things in the
■ Helps with family chores
world — to see and touch objects, hear
■ Is learning to use words to identify and
new sounds, smell and taste foods
express emotions
Critical JUNE
• Cut out pictures or gather items that follow up with “Why?” Or in the
go together and ask your child to grocery store ask “Chicken or fish for
match: shoe & sock; flower & vase; dinner?”
2018
T hinking car & tire; fork & spoon, etc.
• When your child becomes frustrated
• Hide common objects from the
house in a box or bag. Ask your
and
while playing a game or playing with child to close his/her eyes and reach
a friend, refrain from jumping in and inside. Don’t pull the item out but
solving the problem. Instead, ask feel it and try to guess what it is.
Problem questions and guide your child by
asking “How did that happen?” and
• Cook in the kitchen together and ask
questions as you mix and stir and
Solving
“What can you do differently?” bake. “What will happen when we
• Ask your child for their opinion on add this milk to the flour?” “What
simple problems such as “Should we will happen to the frosting when I
wash the car or take a walk?” Then add this drop of food coloring?”
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 Go outside
and ask your
child to
Find things
that begin
with the
repeat sound of the
patterns: letter “S.”
step-step- Say the name
jump-clap- of each item
Shepherd clap-pat, etc. emphasizing
Community the “S”
Library sound.
Shepherd, Michigan
White Week:
look for
things that
3 Going to
kindergarten
in the fall?
4 Work on a
puzzle
together.
5 Practice fire
safety: stop,
drop & roll.
6 Review
“stranger
danger”
7 Bake a cake
together
today.
8 Plant flowers
together in a
pot or in the
9
are white this Did you rules. ground and
week. schedule a water the
kindergarten flowers.
physical and
dental exam?
Have your
child invite
a friend over
10 Have your
child match
socks as you
11 Have you
scheduled an
eye exam for
12 Cut up an old
greeting card
in puzzle-
13 Flag Day
Count groups
14 Blow bubbles
with your
child.
15 Draw a
picture of
fun things
16
of ten using a
to play. fold laundry. your child? like shapes. to do in the
cereal like
Ask your child summer.
Cheerios™.
to fit the
pieces back
together.
Father’s Day
Practice
17 Going to
kindergarten
in the fall?
18 As you pick
out fruits and
vegetables at
19 Take a walk
and talk with
your child
20 Summer
Begins 21 Make a picnic
lunch with
your child
22 Draw shapes
outside using
sidewalk
23
pouring water Let your child
Continue the grocery about what and eat chalk.
into empty set the table.
teaching your store, name you both see. outside.
containers Point out that
child his or the colors
outside, in you need the
her phone with your
the bathtub, same number
number and child.
shower, etc. of plates,
address.
cups, spoons,
etc.
Find small
scoops, cups,
and balls
24 Start a
nursery
rhyme and
25 26 Read a story
to your child.
Point to each
27 Practice fire
safety: stop,
drop & roll.
28 Practice
writing
numbers
29 Play a
matching
game like
30
around the have your word as you 1-20 in the Memory or
house. Use child finish it. read. air, in sand, Go Fish.
them for in shaving
water play cream, etc.
outside.
Good
books
• Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett, Illustrations by Jon Klassen
• Up! Tall! And High! by Ethan Long
• What’s Up Bear? by Frieda Wishinsky
to read • Have You Seen My Trumpet? by Michaël Escoffier, Illustrations by Kris Di Giacomo
with your • Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow by Susan A. Shea, Illustrations by Tom Slaughter
child: • You Are Not Small by Anna Kang, Illustrations by Christopher Weyant
• Flora and the Peacocks by Molly Idle
• Duck and Hippo in the Rainstorm by Jonathan London, Illustrations by Andrew Joyner
All
• Make a book by stapling or tying blank pages together with yarn.
• Find photos of your child to put in the book. Give them magazines to cut out
pictures of things they like.
JULY
2018
About • Ask your child questions and write the question and their exact answer in the
book: My name is ____________________; I like to _______________________;
Me!
My favorite food is _______________________________; My favorite color is
____________________; I like it when my mom _______________________; etc
• Make another page of personal information your child should know and
practice this often: My name is_____________________; I am a _____________;
I was born on _______________________________________________________;
My address is _______________________________________________________;
My phone number is _________________________________________________;
I’m allergic to _______________________________________________________;
In an emergency I should call _____________________________________; etc.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Find blank
paper, staple
it together
1 Have your
child draw a
picture of the
2 3 4
Have your
child write
your cell
Independence
Day
Have your
child write
their address
5 Cut out
numbers
from a
6 Practice
saying your
address.
7
and label it family in the phone Celebrate
. the in their book magazine
“All About book. Label number in holiday by and draw a that match
Me” to make the people in their book, making picture of the numbers
a book! your family. and practice lemonade where they in their
saying it. together. live. address.
8 Take a walk
and count
things that
9 Take a walk
and count
things that
10 Take a walk
and count
things that
11 Make up a
“secret
handshake”
12 Cut out
pictures of
things you
13 Have your
child practice
saying your
14
are red. are white. are blue. with your like to eat. phone
child and Put them in number.
practice it. your book.
Eat a red
apple, yellow
banana or a
15 Cut out
pictures of
things you
16 When you are
at the store,
count the
17 Talk about
community
helpers
18 19 Draw a
picture of the
houses on
20 Library Day!
21
blueberry. like to do and number of (police, your street in
put them in red objects firefighters, your book.
your book. you see. etc).
22 Hop like a
bunny! Count
how many
23 Practice
naming
opposites,
24 Practice
saying your
phone
25 Walk to the
end of your
driveway.
26 Put the date
you were
born in your
27 28
times you like on/off, number AND Count your All About Me
can hop. up/down, address steps as you book.
Can you hop front/back, again. walk.
10 times in a etc.
row?
Put the city
where you
were born in
29 Share your
book with 3
people today!
30 31
your All About
Me book.
Ashley
District
Library
Ashley, Michigan
Good • Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña,
books Illustrations by Christian Robinson
• What I Like About Me by Allia Zobel Nolan, Illustrations by Miki Sakamoto
to read • The Family Book by Todd Parr
with your • Fred Stays with Me! by Nancy Coffelt, Illustrations by Tricia Tusa
child: • Bigmama’s by Donald Crews
• I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont, Illustrations by David Catrow
• Be Who You Are by Todd Parr
• I’m Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem
by Jamie Lee Curtis, Illustrations by Laura Cornell
Get AUGUST
• Before the first day of school, choose adjust your child’s bed time to what
school supplies and label them. it will be during the school year.
• Play school together and take turns • Create a healthy routine that allows
2018
Ready! being the teacher.
• Eat a meal from a lunch box or tray.
Show your child how to clean up and
time for family meal, homework,
play, bath, teeth brushing and a
bedtime story.
open milk/juice cartons. • Practice zippers, buttons, opening
• Visit your child’s school and explore backpack, putting on tennis shoes.
the classroom and playground. Not all children have mastered
• Talk about the kinds of things they shoe tying by the first day of school
will be doing at school. and that’s okay. Just remember to
• Two weeks before school starts, practice once in a while.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 Make a tent
inside. Read
books in it.
Play “I Spy
Colors.”
Talk about
silly sounds
in the
3 Read a book
with your
child.
4
environment.
Howe
Memorial
Library
Breckenridge, Michigan
Practice
zipping,
buttoning and
5 Make extra
time to
snuggle
6 7 8 Find words
that rhyme
with “me.”
Point to
pictures in
books —
9 Library Day!
10 Read your
child’s
favorite book
11
getting today. describe the as often as
dressed in picture. they want.
the morning.
Practice
bouncing a
ball. Count
12 Draw a
picture. Talk
about it.
13 14 Count how
many purple
items you
15 Look for
things that
begin with
16 Cut pictures
out of
magazines.
17 18
the number Write what have around the letter “P.”
of bounces. your child the house. Point out the
says. letter “P”
in print.
Play with ice
cubes
outside.
19 Practice
taking turns
and sharing.
22 Talk about
your day at
dinner.
21 22 Help your
child write
his/her name
23 Read an
extra book.
Spend
24 Play dress
up. 25
Watch how and identify extra time
fast they each letter. snuggling.
melt.
26 Name all the
foods on your
plate. What is
27 Use addition
and
subtraction
28 Have your
child talk
about the
29 30 Put together
a puzzle with
your child.
31
your favorite? words like “I steps in
have one planting
cookie and something.
you have two
cookies. That
makes three
cookies.”
Good • Planet Kindergarten by Sue Ganz-Schmitt, Illustrations by Shane Prigmore
• Kindergarten Diary by Antoinette Portis
books • How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? by Jane Yolen
to read • Monkey Not Ready for Kindergarten by Marc Brown
with your • School’s First Day of School by Adam Rex, Illustrations by Christian Robinson
child: • Mission: Back to School: Top-Secret Information by Susan Hood, Illustrations by Mary Lundquist
• Mom, It’s My First Day of Kindergarten! by Hyewon Yum
• Countdown to Kindergarten by Alison McGhee, Illustrations by Harry Bliss
Back
• It’s never too early to start reading
to your child! Even newborns
help develop a positive attitude
toward reading. SEPTEMBER
learn from hearing you read to • Children enjoy and learn by
2018
to them.
• Store your child’s books in a
repetition so it’s okay if they want
you to read the same books over
School!
special place that’s easy to reach and over!
such as a basket, drawer or a low • Talk about the story as you read.
shelf. Ask questions, point out details in
• Get a library card for your child the pictures.
(and yourself if you don’t already • Ask your child to tell you
have one). everything they remember about
• Find a place to read together away the book you just read.
from distractions. • Talk about characters as you read
• Hold your child as you read to together.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
Veterans
Memorial
Library
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Play a board
game or card
game with
2 Labor Day
3 4 5 6 7
Count out
loud with your
child every
Name foods
that begin
with the
Sing a
nursery
rhyme with
8
your child. day while same sound. your child.
reading, Name the
cooking and letter.
shopping.Grandparents’
Day 9 Practice
writing your
child’s name
10 Pick a new
book and
encourage
11 12 Go for a walk
with your
child. Talk
13 Check out
events at
your local
14 Library Day!
15
Look for
together. your child to about what library.
words that
guess what you see.
begin with
the story will
the same
be about by
first letter
looking at the
using books,
cover.
magazines &
newspapers.
Yellow Week:
Look for
things that
16 Play a
matching
game or
17 Look through
magazines
and books to
18 19 Have your
child use the
pictures in a
20 Talk about
book
characters as
21 Autumn
Begins 22
are yellow match things find things book to tell you read
this week. you have that are you the story. together.
around the yellow.
house.
23 Practice
counting from
1 to 10 by
24 25 Woohoo! You
are doing
great!
26 Practice
writing your
child’s name
27 28 29
playing together.
hopscotch
together.
Way to be a
great parent! 30 Good
books
• Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt
• Goodnight Moon Board Book by Margaret Wise Brown
• Touch and Feel Baby Animals by Scholastic
to read • The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
with your • Baby Faces by Joseph Eleyinte
child: • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
• Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed by Eileen Christelow
• This Book Just Ate My Dog! by Richard ByrneFall
• Draw pictures together about
family events, daily experiences,
etc.
• Plan a healthy meal together and
make a grocery list.
• Pick a letter sound and find things
OCTOBER
2018
Harvest • Praise your child’s efforts with
high 5’s or telling them “well
done.” Perfection is not the goal.
that begin with that letter, etc.
• Keep 2-3 books in the car for your
child to look at while traveling
or for you to read to them at an
appointment.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Child Health
Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 Physical
activity day!
Library Day!
Make friends
While
outdoors,
allow your
Take your
child for a
walk and
Immunization with the
check — are child to draw collect leaves
librarian.
you up to on the that are
date? Talk to sidewalk with different
your child chalk. kinds/colors.
about healthy
things.
Orange Week:
Look for
things that
7 Columbus
Day
(observed)
8 Read your
favorite
children’s
9 Talk about
fall and have
your child
10 11 Do jumping
jacks
together.
12 Clap your
hands to the
beat of a
13
are orange book to your draw a Count them song today.
Cut pictures
this week. child. picture of a as you do
of expressive
tree. them.
faces from
magazines
and make a
feelings
collage.Draw letters
on a window
or mirror with
14 Show your
child how to
write his or
15 16 Practice
saying letters
and numbers
17 Read a book
using a funny
voice.
18 Draw a
picture using
your feet,
19 Sort or count
things like
socks,
20
dry erase her name while in the rather than canned
markers. using upper- tub. your hands. soups,
and lower- buttons, etc.
case letters.
Practice
buttoning. 21 Arrange a
playdate for
your child.
22 Read your
favorite
children’s
23 Count steps
as you walk
with your
24 Make the bed
together. 25 Practice tying
shoes. 26 Practice
zipping. 27
book to your child.
child.
Read a fire
safety book. 28 Talk about
your family’s
fire safety
29 30 Halloween
Encourage
31
your child
plan.
to say
“thank you” T.A.
while trick-or-
treating. Cutler
Memorial
Library
St. Louis, Michigan
Good • Go to Bed, Monster! by Natasha Wing, Illustrations by Sylvie Kantorovitz
• Mix It Up! by Hervé Tullet
books • Henri’s Scissors by Jeanette Winter
to read • The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt, Illustrations by Oliver Jeffers
with your • Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson (also available in Spanish)
child: • Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
• Monster Trouble by Lane Fredrickson, Illustrations by Michael Robertson
• Blue Chicken by Deborah Freedman
• Chalk by Bill ThompsonThankful
• Save plastic water or soda
bottles to use as bowling pins.
• Toss bean bags or socks in a
talk about what you see, hear
or smell.
• Teach your child games like
NOVEMBER
basket. “Hokey Pokey,” “Red-light, 2018
• Balance books on your head Green-light,” and “Simon Says.”
while walking. • Suggest your child try to move
• Visit a safe outdoor space so like different animals: hop like
you can run and play together. a rabbit, slither like a snake, fly
• Take your child for a walk and like a bird.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 All Saints’
Day
Go for a walk
and find 3
things that
2 3
Talk about
are red, 3
fall colors.
things that
are orange, 3
things that
Thompson are yellow
Home Public and 3 things
Library that are
brown.
Ithaca, Michigan
Daylight
Savings Time
Ends
4 Have a
dance party. 5 Election Day
Have your 6 Teach your
child the ABC
song.
7 Practice
saying your
phone
8 Ask your child
to predict the
end of a
9 Hum or sing
a song as
you pick up
10
child tell a
story to a number and story before toys together.
Have your
child help you family address. you read it.
turn clocks member or
back one tell your child
hour. a story from
your
childhood.Veterans
Day 11 Have your
child draw a
picture or
12 Look in
books and
magazines
13 Make a
picture or
decoration for
14 Walk and talk
about the
shapes and
15 Practice
saying your
phone
16 Make a
necklace
using dental
17
Talk about
write a note for different Thanksgiving. sizes of number and floss and
hometown
to a family facial objects you address. cereal like
heroes.
member expressions: see. Cheerios™.
about happy, sad,
something excited,
he/she is scared, etc.
thankful for.
Ask your child
to help set
the table and
18 Go to the
grocery store
and have
19 Go outside
and kick a
ball back and
20 Read a
Thanksgiving
story (kids.
21 Thanksgiving
Day 22 Say a word to
your child
and ask him/
23 Library Day!
24
Tell your child
count each your child forth with mel.org/ 3 things you her to say a
item. help pick your child. storytime). are thankful word that
items for for and ask rhymes.
Thanksgiving. them to do
the same.
Sing the ABC
song. 25 Put on some
music and
dance with
26 Exercise with
your child.
Count the
27 Practice
saying your
phone
28 Help your
child draw a
picture of
29 Do the Hokey
Pokey today. 30
your child number of number and your family.
and a friend arm circles or address. Talk about
or other hops. the number
family of people.
members.
Good • I Got the Rhythm by Connie Schofield-Morrison, Illustrations by Frank Morrison
books • Ninja! by Arree Chung
• From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
to read • On the Ball by Brian Pinkney
with your • My Daddy is a Pretzel by Baron Baptiste, Illustrations by Sophie Fatus
child: • Move Your Mood! by Brenda S. Miles, Illustrations by Holly Clifton-Brown
• Spunky Little Monkey by Bill Martin, Illustrations by Brian Won
• Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by Jan ThomasHappy
• Make a name card for each member
of your family. Help your child
place them at the dinner table
business signs as you run errands.
• Read alphabet books and
encourage your child to name the
DECEMBER
2018
Holidays! where everyone sits.
• Use Dollar Store letter magnets on
the refrigerator or a cookie sheet to
letters on each page that he or she
recognizes.
• Read a book together then ask your
spell their name. child to go back and look for a
• Place alphabet letters in a certain letter of the alphabet found
container. Pull them out one at a in the story.
time and name them. • Write the alphabet on paper. Sing
• Invite your child to “read” familiar the ABC song slowly and have your
fast food, grocery store, and other child touch each letter as you go.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
Tate
Memorial
Library
Blanchard, Michigan
Hanukkah
Begins at
Sundown
2 Help your
child build
his/her
3 Have your
child practice
tying his/her
4 5 6 7
Have your
child practice
saying your
Library Day! Rhyme time:
What rhymes
with black?
Read a
holiday story
at bedtime.
8
name using shoes or the phone
Green Week: magnetic shoes of number.
Look for letters. someone
things that else.
are green this
week.Red Week:
Look for
things that
9 Hanukkah
Ends 10 Practice
stretching
and wiggling
11 Make animal
noises and
then have
12 Get up and
dance! 13 Make a story
together. 14 Count to 20
or higher
using silly
15
Make cookies
are red this with your fingers and your child voices.
week. child to share toes. guess what
as a gift. animals
Count the make those
number of noises.
cookies as
you take
them off the
cookie sheet.
Go over the
week’s
planned
16 Find food
items or
animals that
17 Find a book
about your
favorite
18 Talk about
the family
safety plan
19 Library Day!
20 Winter
Begins 21 22
activities. begin with animal. and what to Take a walk
the same do if there is inside or
letter as your a fire. outside and
child’s first talk about
name. what you see,
smell and
hear.
White Week:
Look for
things that
23 Christmas
Eve 24 Christmas
Day! 25 Kwanzaa
Begins 26 Sing the ABC
song, loud
and soft.
27 Dance to
your child’s
favorite song.
28 Count the
months in the
year.
29
are white this
week.
30 New Year’s
Eve 31 Good
books
• Yoko Finds Her Way by Rosemary Wells
• 8: An Animal Alphabet by Elisha Cooper
Have a • Creature ABC by Andrew Zuckerman
pretent count to read • LMNO Peas by Keith Baker
down to with your • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault
midnight
earlier in the
child: • Z is for Moose by Kelly L. Bingham, Illustrations by Paul O. Zelinsky
day (for • Oops, Pounce, Quick, Run! by Mike Twohy
example at • Alpha Oops! by Alethea Kontis
noon). • Alphabet Under Construction by Denise FlemingWinter
• Picture Walk: Look at a book and
talk about the pictures on each page
of the book.
• Name and describe shapes when you
see them: “That is a square napkin,”
“That box of cereal is a rectangle,”
JANUARY
2019
Wonder- • Use math words such as more, less;
longer, shorter; heavy, light; etc.
“That tire is a circle.”
• Count: “Let’s count the blocks.”
land
• Count out LOUD every day. Start at 1 • Compare: “Which plate has more
and count as you walk, put plates on crackers?”
the table, add apples to your grocery • Explore: “Let’s go on a shape hunt —
cart. Ask your child to count with can you find circles?”
you. Pause and ask, “What number • Question: “I wonder how many cars
comes next?” we can fit in this basket?”
• Hold up 5 fingers in front of your • Sort: “Let’s put all the yellow pieces
child then quickly hide your hand. in this pile.”
Ask, “How many fingers did you see?”
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 New Year’s
Day
Kwanzaa
Ends 2 Read two
books today. 3 Library Day!
Look for 4 5
Have your winter books.
child divide a
snack evenly
Faith to share.
Johnston
Memorial
Library
Rosebush, Michigan
Sing some of
your child’s
favorite
6 Practice
counting to
10 (or
7 8 9 10
Act out a
favorite story.
Use puppets,
Scavenger
hunt for
shapes
Play the
“Simon Says”
game.
Find things
around the
house that
11 12
songs higher!) dolls or around the begin with
(YouTube has stuffed house. the same
many simple animals. letter sound.
songs for Name the
young letter.
children).Blue Week:
Look for
things that
13 Go on a
winter walk.
Talk about
14 Label the
parts of your
child’s
15 Teach your
child to play
a board game
16 Make a
pattern using
food items.
17 Make or draw
a snowman
with your
18 19
are blue this what you see favorite toy. with a friend. child.
week. and what you
hear.
Build a
snowman.
Talk about
20 Martin
Luther King,
Jr. Day
21 Make a
grocery list.
Ask if each
22 Sort laundry
together.
Match socks,
23 Look at
family
pictures
24 Library Day!
25 Make a piggy
bank together
out of a
26
what to do item is a identify colors together. coffee can
first, second, Recite fruit, a and textures. and start
and so on. nursery vegetable, a saving coins.
rhymes with meat, etc.
your child.
Play “I Spy
Numbers.” 27 Point out
numbers
around town as
28 Make a
counting
book with
29 Using a
newspaper
article, circle
30 Help your
child make
his/her
31
you run your child. words that favorite
errands. begin with sandwich.
the first letter
of your child’s
first name.
Good
books
• Dog Loves Counting by Louise Yates
• Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett, Illustrations by Kevin Cornell
• 20 Big Trucks in the Middle of the Street by Mark Lee, Illustrations by Kurt Cyrus
to read • One Little Blueberry by Tammi Salzano, Illustrations by Kat Whelan
with your • City Shapes by Diana Murray, Illustrations by Bryan Collier
child: • One Two That’s My Shoe! by Alison Murray
• Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin, Jr., Illustrations by Lois Ehlert
• Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin, Illustrations by James Dean
• Is That Wise Pig? by Jan Thomas
• Snow Day by Ezra Jack KeatsLive,
• Teach calming techniques when
you see your child becoming upset.
“Stop, take a deep breath, relax,” etc. •
to tell you what he or she sees in
each picture.
Ask your child to predict what will
FEBRUARY
2019
Love, Visit www.csefel.vanderbilt.edu for
more ideas. •
happen before you turn the page.
Ask your child to draw you a picture
Laugh
• Turn off the music and movies in the and then tell you about it.
car and talk about where you are • Model sympathy and caring for
going, what you are going to do and others, “Dad isn’t feeling well. Let’s
what might happen when you get make him some soup.”
there. • Talk about situations and how they
• Turn off the TV and put down the might make people feel happy, sad,
phone at meal times. Talk about what frustrated, angry, scared, etc.
you did or are going to do today. • Encourage your child to talk about
• As you read together, ask your child and label his or her feelings.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Dental Health
Month: Talk
to your health
1 Groundhog
Day 2
care provider Play a game
about caring as a family.
for your
Fremont child’s teeth.
Township
Community
Library
Winn, Michigan
Read a book
about
feelings.
3 4
Find 5 things
around the
house that
Chinese
New Year 5 Read a story
and tell your
child what
6
7 8Make a meal
together.
Make a list of
people you
love and talk
Use the list
you made
yesterday to
9
Practice
begin with your favorite about why make a photo
using
the sound of part was and you love album of
“please” and
the letter why. them. people you
“thank you.”
“M.” Say the love that your
name of each child can
item picture read.
emphasizing
the sound.Make up a
song that
includes your
10 Zip up! Take
your child for
a walk and
11 Read a book
that talks
about
12 Work on a
puzzle
together.
13 Valentine’s
Day 14 Before your
child goes to
bed, recap
15 Count all the
doors and
windows in
16
Sing the ABC
child’s name. invite a emotions. song and your day. your home.
friend. Practice dance as you “First I woke
facial sing! up, then I
expressions had
for the breakfast,
emotions. next we….”
“This is what
a happy face
looks like.”
Count out
loud to 100
while waiting
17 Presidents’
Day 18 Let your child
choose the
location for
19 Play a board
game or card
game with
20 Play musical
chairs. Make
a fort using
21 Have your
child invite a
friend over to
22 Use a spoon
and bowl to
tap out the
23
in line, reading a your child. furniture and play. beat to your
driving, etc. book (in the sheets. Play favorite song.
This bathtub, inside with
repetition will under the your child.
help build bed, in the
your child’s hall closet,
number etc!).
knowledge.
Look outside
and talk
about what
24 Going to
kindergarten
in the fall?
25 Make
puppets out
of paper bags
26 Use photos
of family
members/
27 Hide a book
in a place
your child can
28
you see. Remember to or socks and friends to find with
check with act out a fun create a clues. “Look
your school activity. personal in the place
for matching where you
kindergarten game for your hang your
registration child. coat,” “Look
dates. in a place
where you
eat,” etc.
Good • Starring Me and You by Geneviéve Côté
• Sadly Ever After? by Elise Allen, Illustrations by Daniel Holland
books • Maya Was Grumpy by Courtney Pippin-Mathur
to read • Grumpy Pants by Claire Messer
with your • Llama, Llama Mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney
child: •G rump Groan Growl by Bell Hooks, Illustrations by Chris Raschka
• Wild Feelings by David Milgrim
• I Used to Be Afraid by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
• My Friend Is Sad by Mo WillemsRhyme
• Rhymes are words that sound
the same at the end. Introducing
children to rhymes and rhyming
• As your child becomes more
familiar with the rhymes,
encourage them to join in and say
MARCH
2019
Time words and playing with them gives
children a head start in reading
and spelling.
parts of the rhyme themselves
(it will take a while before they
can recite the whole rhyme
• Read or say Mother Goose rhymes independently).
with your child. After you’ve read • Make up rhyming guessing games.
one a few times, ask your child For example, “Listen; mop and top
to complete the rhyme with the sound the same. Find a word that
correct word: “Hickory, Dickory, rhymes with mop.”
Dock. The mouse ran up the • Read rhyming books such as Dr.
(clock) .” Suess and Llama, Llama books.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Read Across
America
Read two
books today.
Have your
2
Remember to child tell you
visit your which is his
local library or her favorite
this month to
Seville borrow
and why.
Township nursery
Library rhyme books.
Riverdale, Michigan
Read a
simple poem
with your
3 Sing the ABC
song. 4 5 6 National
Cereal Day:
Create letters
7
8 9
Bake cookies
together.
Count the
Play “I Spy
with my little
eye
child. using pieces number on something
of cereal. each tray. that rhymes
with _____.”Daylight
Savings Time
Begins
10 11 Continue
teaching your
child his or
12 Count to 50
(or higher)
together.
13 Name a letter
and have
your child find
14 Read a book
with your
child. Have
15 Find things
that begin
with the first
16
her phone items them hold letter of your
Have your
number and beginning the book and child’s name.
child practice
address. with that turn the
jumping,
sound. pages.
hopping on
one foot, and
throwing and
catching a
ball.
St. Patrick’s
Day 17 18 Take a walk
and look for
signs of
19 Spring
Begins 20 Pick objects
around your
house that
21 Make up silly
words that
rhyme with
22 Schedule a
kindergarten
physical and
23
Say the Find things
spring. rhyme: rock- your child’s dental exam
wrong words around the
sock; hat-cat; name. for your child.
to a familiar home that
chair-bear.
song or begin with
rhyme and let the sound of
your child the letter “J.”
correct you.
Practice
opposites
with your
24 25 Sing songs
with rhyming
words.
26 Practice
writing
numbers
27 Cut out
shapes and
play a
28 Borrow a CD
from the
library or
29 Act out your
child’s
favorite
30
child (up/ 1-5. matching download a nursery
down, in/out, game. selection to rhyme.
over/under). play and sing
along with in
the car.
National
Crayon Day:
Talk about
31 Good
books
• Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman, Illustrations by Pamela Zagarenski
• The Book With No Pictures by B. J. Novak
• Tanka Tanka Skunk: Rhythm and Rhyme by Steve Webb
colors you to read • Ol’ Mama Squirrel by David Ezra Stein
see with your
child.
with your • Cock-A-Doodle-Doo, Creak, Pop-pop, Moo by Jim Aylesworth, Illustrations by Brad Sneed
child: • Frog on a Log? by Kes Gray, Illustrations by Jim Field
• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
• Make Way for Readers by Judy Sierra, Illustrations by G. Brian Karas
• Ah Ha! by Jeff MackTechnology
• Preview age-appropriate TV
programs, videos, music,
computer games, websites and
child’s bedroom, to allow for
easier monitoring.
• Watch programs or play games
APRIL
2019
as a apps to be sure they teach what
you want your child to learn.
together. Use this time to teach
and connect with your child.
Teaching
• Set time limits on all • Check out DVDs from the
electronics. Children need library on topics that interest
Tool
opportunities to run, play, your child such as animals,
explore and use their outer space, etc.
imagination. • Turn electronics off at
• Keep electronics in a public mealtime. Use the time to talk
area of your home, not in your about your day.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
April Fools’
Day 1 2 3 4
Take a walk
and talk
about the
Practice
writing
numbers
Library Day!
Let your child
5 Keep the TV
off today.
Read books
6
Have your pick out a
child begin to different 6-10. and play
video the
learn his or sounds you games
whole family
her birth date hear. instead.
will enjoy.
and age.
Read two
books every
day. Have
7 8
9 10Have your
child name
letters found
Paint or draw
a picture
today.
11 Practice
writing the
ABCs.
12 Use
descriptive
words when
13
your child on cereal talking to
choose the boxes, cans, your child.
books. etc. (“The peach
is soft.”)14 Patriot Day
Take a walk 15 Library Day!
Bring a friend
16 17 Talk about
kitchen safety
together.
18 Good Friday
Passover
19 Play shape
scavenger
hunt. (“Find
20
and talk to the library Begins at
about the something
and check Sunset
colors of that is round,
out a movie
plants and find
together.
flowers. something
that is oval,”
etc.)
Easter
Sunday 21 Earth Day
Go for a walk
22 Is your child
happy or
afraid? Talk
23 Put on music
and dance
and clap to
24 Create a
story with
your child.
25 26 Sing a
favorite song
with your
27
and pick up
to them the beat. child.
trash.
about how
they feel.
Color or
create
something
28 Practice
writing
numbers
29 Practice
printing by
tracing the
30
together. 1-10. letters of
your child’s
name on a
piece of Alma
paper.
Public
Library
Alma, Michigan
Good Books Websites
books • Bedtime Is Canceled by Cece Meng, • www.pbskids.org
Illustrations by Aurélie Neyret • www.pbs.org/parents
to read • See How They Grow series from DK and Sony Wonder
• Hello! Hello! by Matthew Cordell
with your • Tea With Grandpa by Barney Saltzberg • PBS Series (Sid the Science Kid, Super WHY, WordWorld)
child: • Doug Unplugged by Dan Yaccarino
• Blackout by John Rocco
• Look! by Jeff MackPlay
• Turn household chores into learning
games — match socks as you fold
laundry or line up canned goods by
stickers, drawings or pictures cut
from magazines.
• Use Legos to create color patterns.
MAY
2019
AND size. These activities can build math
and cooperation skills. Feeling useful
Have your child continue the
pattern: red, yellow, black, red, …
Learn
also helps children feel good which what comes next?
encourages them to continue to want • Play seek and find. “Find something
to be helpful. yellow in the kitchen.” “Find
• Children can help set the table. something that is square.”
Extend their memory by giving 3 step • Pour and measure together in the
directions (Please get the milk from kitchen, the bathtub or use a bucket
the refrigerator. Set it on the table. of water outside on a hot summer
Get the napkins). day filled with measuring spoons
• Make matching pairs of cards with and cups.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Play with
measuring
cups and
Find things
that begin
with the
2 Play Simon
Says. Focus
on exercise
3 Remember to
say “please”
and “thank
4
water sound of the activities you” today.
outside. letter “L.” Say (hopping,
Saginaw the name of bending over,
Chippewa the letter. touching
toes).
Tribal
Library
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Cinco de
Mayo 5 Count from
1 to 10 or as
high as your
6 Go outside
and play
catch.
7 8 Look through
old
magazines
Library Day!
9 Name words
that rhyme
with “can.”
10 Visit the zoo
or read a
book about
11
First Day of
child can and cut out animals.
Ramadan
count. circles,
squares, and
rectangles.Mother’s Day
12 Help your
child practice
shoe tying.
13 Practice
writing
numbers
14 Color a
picture
together. Cut
15 Practice the
ABC song. 16 Help a
neighbor
today.
17 Sort socks
into groups
by color
18
1–10. it into puzzle or size.
pieces and
try to put it
back
together.
Black Week:
look for
things that
19 Write ABCs
or family
names.
20 After listening
to a story,
have your
21 Find things
around the
house that
22 Library Day!
Ask your
23 Play a game
together such
as Memory
24 Squirt water
on the
sidewalk and
25
librarian to
are black this child tell you are square, or Go Fish. time how
recommend a
week. what circular, and long it takes
Caldecott
happened rectangular. to evaporate.
Medal
first, next, Ask, “How
children’s
and last. long do you
book to read
think it will
together.
take?”
26 Memorial
Day 27 Help your
child write
his/her
28 Play "I Spy."
(Remember
to include
29 Play
hopscotch. 30 Make up
nonsense
rhymes and
31
name. black laugh
objects.) together.
Good • Let’s Count Goats by Mem Fox, Illustrations by Jan Thomas
• Drum Girl Dream: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle, Illustrations
books by Rafael López
to read • Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
with your • Let’s Play! by Hervé Tullet
child: • How Do You Say? / ¿Cómo Se Dice? by Angela Dominguez
• Big Bug by Henry Cole
• Brown Rabbit’s Shape Book by Alan BakerKindergarten Registration Information
All parents/legal guardians of children All students entering kindergarten
who will be five years of age on or before must provide documentation of current VACCINES REQUIRED FOR
September 1 are encouraged to register immunizations prior to starting school. SCHOOL ENTRY IN MICHIGAN
their child for Kindergarten. During disease outbreaks,
Whenever children are brought into incompletely vaccinated students may
Kindergarten registration begins group settings, there is a chance for be excluded from school. Parents and
as early as March 1 for some schools. diseases to spread. Students must follow guardians choosing to decline vaccines
Check with your local school district for state vaccine laws in order to attend must obtain a certified non-medical
waiver from a local health department.
kindergarten registration information. school. These laws are the minimum
The following schedule from
In most cases, the parent/legal standard to help prevent disease
the CDC will ensure that the state
guardian will need to bring the following outbreaks in school settings. requirements are met.
for Kindergarten registration: It is recommended that you make Required Vaccines for all
• Child’s official birth certificate sure that your child’s immunizations Kindergartners or 4 - 6 year old
transfer students
are up to date by April or even earlier!
• Proof of residency (required for
Students who do not have an up-to-date Diphtheria, 4 doses DTP or
all registrants) – copy of signed
immunization by the first day of school Tetanus, Pertussis DTaP. 1 dose must
mortgage, contract to build, or lease (DTP, DTaP) be at or after
may not be allowed to attend school.
agreement showing the owner/ age 4
resident’s name and address OR TWO Polio 4 doses (or 3
of the following items: doses if dose 3
was given at, or
➤ Utility bills which have the name after, age 4)
and address of the registrant Measles, Mumps, 2 doses at or
➤ Valid driver’s license or state Rubella (MMR)* after 12 months
ID card Hepatitis B* 2 doses
➤ Voter registration card Varicella 2 doses after 12
(Chicken Pox)* months of age or
➤ State medical card
current lab immunity
➤ Notarized affidavit of residency or history of
varicella disease.
from the parent or person with
whom the child is residing, *If the student has not received these
affirming that the child eats and vaccines, documented immunity is required.
sleeps at the residenceLibraries in gratiot and isabella counties
GRATIOT COUNTY ISABELLA COUNTY — CHIPPEWA OTHER ISABELLA COUNTY LIBRARIES
RIVER DISTRICT LIBRARY SYSTEM
• Alma Public Library • Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Libraries
500 E. Superior St. • Veterans Memorial Library 7070 E. Broadway
301 S. University Ave.
Alma, MI 48801 Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
(989) 463-3966 (989) 775-4508
(989) 773-3242
• Ashley District Library • Sherman Township Library
• Faith Johnston Memorial Library
104 New St. 3453 N. School Rd.
4035 N. Mission
P.O. Box 6 P.O. Box 147 Weidman, MI 48893
Ashley, MI 48805 Rosebush, MI 48878 (989) 644-5131
(989) 847-4283 ext. 1007 (989) 433-0006
• Howe Memorial Library • Tate Memorial Library
128 E. Saginaw St. 324 Main St.
P.O. Box 398 P.O. Box 39
Breckenridge, MI 48615 Blanchard, MI 49310
(989) 842-3202 (989) 561-2480
• Seville Township Public Library • Shepherd Community Library
6734 N. Lumberjack Rd. 257 W. Wright Ave.
P.O. Box 160 P.O. Box 463
Shepherd, MI 48883
Riverdale, MI 48877
(989) 824-6801
(989) 833-7776
• Fremont Township Community Library
• T.A. Cutler Memorial Library
7959 S. Winn Rd.
312 Michigan Ave. P.O. Box 368
Saint Louis, MI 48880 Winn, MI 48896
(989) 681-5141 (989) 866-2550
• Thompson Home Public Library • Mt. Pleasant High School Media Center
125 W. Center St. 1155 S. Elizabeth Rd.
Ithaca, MI 48847 Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
(989) 875-4184 (989) 775-2200GRATIOT AND ISABELLA COUNTY Elementary Schools
ALMA SCHOOLS BEAL CITY SCHOOLS ITHACA SCHOOLS Pullen Elementary (K-2) SHEPHERD PUBLIC
251 S. Brown St.
www.almaschools.net www.bealcityschools.net www.ithacaschools.net
Mt. Pleasant, MI
SCHOOLS
Luce Road Early Childhood Beal City Elementary (K-6) Ithaca South Elementary (K-2) www.shepherdschools.net
(989) 775-2270
Learning Center (PreK-1) 3100 W. Beal City Rd. 400 Webster St. Shepherd Elementary School
6265 N. Luce Rd. Mt. Pleasant, MI Ithaca, MI Vowels Elementary (K-2)
1560 S. Watson St. (K-5)
Alma, MI (989) 644-3901 (989) 875-4741 301 S. Fourth St.
Mt. Pleasant, MI
(989) 463-1012 Shepherd, MI
St. Joseph the Worker (K-6) Ithaca North Elementary (3-6) (989) 775-2280
Hillcrest Elementary School 2091 N. Winn Rd. 201 Arcada St. (989) 828-6601
Mt. Pleasant, MI Ithaca, MI Fancher Elementary (3-5)
(2-3) 801 S. Kinney Ave. Winn Elementary (K-5)
515 Elizabeth St. www.bealcityparish.org (989) 875-3047 8190 Church St.
(989) 644-2041 Mt. Pleasant, MI
Alma, MI Winn, MI
Ithaca SDA School (K-8) (989) 775-2230
(989) 463-3113 935 N. Pine River (989) 866-2250
Pine Elementary School (4-5)
BRECKENRIDGE Ithaca, MI Mary McGuire Elementary
1025 N. Pine Ave. COMMUNITY www.ithaca22.adventistschool (3-5) ST. LOUIS PUBLIC
SCHOOL connect.org 4883 E. Crosslanes
Alma, MI
Mt. Pleasant, MI
SCHOOLS
(989) 466-7651 www.breckhuskies.org (989) 875-4961
(989) 775-2264 www.stlouisschools.net
St. Mary Catholic School Breckenridge Elementary Countryside Christian School Carrie Knause Early Childhood
(K-8) Renaissance Pulic School
(PreK-6) (K-6) Learning Center (K-2)
220 W. Downie St. 515 Summit St. 4308 S. Luce Rd. Academy (K-8)
2797 S. Isabella Rd. 113 E. Saginaw St.
Alma, MI Breckenridge, MI Ithaca, MI
Mt. Pleasant, MI St. Louis, MI
www.nativityparish.net/school (989) 842-3182 ext. 2 (989) 875-2313
www.renaissancepsa.com (989) 681-2545
(989) 463-4579
MONTABELLA (989) 773-9889 Nikkari Elementary (3-5)
FULTON PUBLIC 301 W. State St.
ASHLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS SCHOOL Sacred Heart Academy (K-12)
St. Louis, MI
SCHOOLS www.montabella.com 316 E. Michigan St.
www.fultonpirates.net Mt. Pleasant, MI (989) 681-5131
www.ashleyschools.net Montabella Elementary www.academy.sha.net
Fulton Elementary (K-6)
Ashley Elementary (K-4) 8060 Ely Hwy (PreK-6) (989) 772-1457 WEIDMAN SCHOOL
104 N. New St. Middleton, MI 1456 N. County Line Rd. www.chsd.us
Blanchard, MI Saginaw Chippewa Academy
Ashley, MI (989) 236-7234
(989) 427-5175 (K-12) Weidman Elementary (PreK-4)
(989) 847-4000 7498 E. Broadway Rd. 3311 N. School Rd.
Mt. Pleasant, MI Weidman, MI
MOUNT PLEASANT www.sagchipschool.net
(989) 644-3430
SCHOOLS (989) 775-4453
www.mtpleasant.edzone.net
Ganiard Elementary (K-2)
101 S. Adams St.
Mt. Pleasant, MI
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The Search Institute has identified forty building ➤ T he more assets children have the better. Research shows that adolescents who report having more
blocks that are essential for helping children assets are more likely to be successful in school and in their personal life. The Search Institute has
become healthy, caring, and responsible found that most adolescents have only 18 to 20 of these 40 Developmental Assets™.
individuals. These building blocks, also called
➤S
tarting early is critical to helping children build assets. Your use of this Kindergarten Readiness
Developmental Assets™, are competencies that
Calendar is a great start.
children develop through their experiences with
people in their world (parents, teachers, child care ➤R
eview the Developmental Assets™ list below and see how you can help children entering kindergarten
providers, librarians, bus drivers, and others). build their assets.
EXTERNAL ASSETS 15. Positive peer relationships—Parent(s) and difference between truth and lies, and is truthful to
caregivers seek to provide opportunities for the the extent of her or his understanding.
SUPPORT child to interact positively with other children. 30. Responsibility—The child begins to follow
1. Family support—Parent(s) and/or primary through on simple tasks to take care of her- or
CONSTRUCTIVE USE OF TIME
caregiver(s) provide the child with high levels of himself and to help others.
consistent and predictable love, physical care, and 16. Positive expectations—Parent(s), caregivers,
positive attention in ways that are responsive to and teachers encourage and support the child in 31. Self-regulation—The child increasingly can
the child’s individuality. behaving appropriately, undertaking challenging identify, regulate, and control her or his behaviors
tasks, and performing activities to the best of her in healthy ways, using adult support constructively
2. Positive family communication—Parent(s) and/or in particularly stressful situations.
primary caregiver(s) express themselves positively or his ability.
and respectfully, engaging young children in conver 17. Play and creative activities—The child has SOCIAL COMPETENCIES
sations that invite their input. daily opportunities to play in ways that allow self- 32. Planning and decision making—The child
3. Other adult relationships—With the family’s expression, physical activity, and interaction with begins to plan for the immediate future, choosing
support, the child experiences consistent, caring others. from several options and trying to solve problems.
relationships with adults outside the family. 18. Out-of-home and community programs—The 33. Interpersonal skills—The child cooperates,
4. Caring neighbors—The child’s network of child experiences well-designed programs led shares, plays harmoniously, and comforts others in
relationships includes neighbors who provide by competent, caring adults in well maintained distress.
emotional support and a sense of belonging. settings.
34. Cultural awareness and sensitivity—The child
5. Caring climate in child-care and educational 19. Religious community—The child participates begins to learn about her or his own cultural
settings—Caregivers and teachers create in age-appropriate religious activities and caring identity and to show acceptance of people who are
environments that are nurturing, accepting, relationships that nurture her or his spiritual racially, physically, culturally, or ethnically different
encouraging, and secure. development. from her or him.
6. Parent involvement in child care and education— 20. Time at home—The child spends most of her 35. Resistance skills—The child begins to sense
Parent(s), caregivers, and teachers together create or his time at home participating in family activities danger accurately, to seek help from trusted adults,
a consistent and supportive approach to fostering and playing constructively, with parent(s) guiding TV and to resist pressure from peers to participate in
the child’s successful growth. and electronic game use. unacceptable or risky behavior.EMPOWERMENT INTERNAL ASSETS 36. Peaceful conflict resolution—The child begins
to compromise and resolve conflicts without using
7. Community cherishes and values young COMMITMENT TO LEARNING physical aggression or hurtful language.
children—Children are welcomed and included
throughout community life. 21. Motivation to mastery—The child responds to
POSITIVE IDENTITY
new experiences with curiosity and energy, resulting
8. Children seen as resources—The community in the pleasure of mastering new learning and 37. Personal power—The child can make choices
demonstrates that children are valuable resources skills. that give a sense of having some influence over
by investing in a child-rearing system of family things that happen in her or
support and high-quality activities and resources 22. Engagement in learning experiences—The child
his life.
to meet children’s physical, social, and emotional fully participates in a variety of activities that offer
opportunities for learning. 38. Self-esteem—The child likes her- or himself
needs.
and has a growing sense of being valued by others.
9. Service to others—The child has opportunities 23. Home-program connection—The child
experiences security, consistency, and connections 39. Sense of purpose—The child anticipates new
to perform simple but meaningful and caring
between home and out-of-home care programs and opportunities, experiences, and milestones in
actions for others.
learning activities. growing up.
10. Safety—Parent(s), caregivers, teachers,
24. Bonding to programs—The child forms 40. Positive view of personal future—The child
neighbors, and the community take action to
meaningful connections with out-of-home care and finds the world interesting and enjoyable, and feels
ensure children’s health and safety.
educational programs. that he or she has a positive place in it.
BOUNDARIES & EXPECTATIONS
25. Early literacy—The child enjoys a variety
11. Family boundaries—The family provides of pre-reading activities, including adults reading
consistent supervision for the child and maintains to her or him daily, looking at and handling books,
reasonable guidelines for behavior that the child playing with a variety of media, and showing
can understand and achieve. interest in pictures, letters, and numbers.
12. Boundaries in child-care and educational POSITIVE VALUES
settings—Caregivers and educators use positive
approaches to discipline and natural consequences 26. Caring—The child begins to show empathy,
to encourage self-regulation and acceptable understanding, and awareness of others’ feelings.
behaviors. 27. Equality and social justice—The child begins
13. Neighborhood boundaries—Neighbors to show concern for people who are excluded
encourage the child in positive, acceptable from play and other activities or not treated fairly
behavior, as well as intervene in negative behavior because they are different.
in a supportive, nonthreatening way. 28. Integrity—The child begins to express her
14. Adult role models—Parent(s), caregivers, or his views appropriately and to stand up for a
and other adults model self-control, social skills, growing sense of what is fair and right.
engagement in learning, and healthy lifestyles. 29. Honesty—The child begins to understand the
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