Upper Perkiomen School District

Help your kindergartner role play a job. Set up a space for a pretend post office, grocery store, or restaurant. Encourage them to use items and toys around the house.

Read it! - Curious George Takes a Job by H. A. Rey. The Biggest Job of All by Harriet Ziefert.

Do it!- Ask your future kindergartner to search for sets of things found in your home or outside. Find one rock, two forks, three balls, etc. Matching photographs of different items helps develop visual recognition. Incorporate sensory development by encouraging your child to trace numbers or letters with their fingers.

Read it!- One Mole Digging A Hole by Julia Donaldson. 1, 2, 3 Peas by Keith Baker.

Help your future kindergartner learn the days of the week. Add words to each name that starts with the same letter, like Munching Monday, Terrific Tuesday, etc. Teach them the months of the year, and do the same, like Jumping January, Fantastic February, etc.

Another fun way to learn is through song. The days of the week can be sung to the tunes of  The Addams Family or Oh, my darling, Clementine!

Help your future kindergartner learn the months of the year by creating a calendar that include special dates such as holidays and birthdays. Encourage them to draw or color pictures or find pictures online to show what special things happen each month.

Read it!- Today is Monday by Eric Carle. The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson

See how many things your future kindergartner can balance at once. Have a balancing race--who can go the fastest balancing a paper cup on top of a paper plate, then add other items and keep going! If your kindergartner has difficulty with this, use paper cups to make a tower stack. Use a timer and encourage them to count the number of items in the stack.

Read it!- The Cat in the Hat Comes Back by Dr. Seuss. I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and other stories by Dr. Seuss.