Kindergarten
Readiness
Family
Workbook
Kids, work with your
parents to complete
the following pages!
Presented by
West Ada School District
Kindergarten Teachers
Glue rectangle here. Located
in the fine motor section.
Parents, list 10 stories you have read to your child. Discuss whether
he/she liked the books.
Literacy Checklist
The following activities will help your child be prepared for the journey
into Kindergarten.
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Know my full name and age;
Know my birthday;
Know my phone number;
Know my address;
Know my Mom’s and Dad’s name;
Listen and follow one- and two-step directions;
Speak in complete sentences;
Demonstrate understanding of position vocabulary: left, right, up,
down, over, under, beside, on, etc.;
Show an interest in books and reading;
Retell stories;
Understand that print is written from left to right;
Recognize print in the local environment;
Write (scribble) messages to communicate;
Use new vocabulary in my speech.
Use the following page to keep a record of your child’s growth. Have
your child write his/her name each month. Make sure to point out the
growth he/she is making! Continue to practice throughout the month
on separate sheets of paper.
In Kindergarten, the top line is referred to as the “headline”, the bottom
line is referred to as the “baseline”, and the dotted line is referred to as
the “midline”.
April
May
June
July
August
Literacy
Dictate A Story—Have your child tell you a story. Write down his/her
words and show them how language is connected to print. On the
opposite page encourage your child to draw a picture about the
story.
Family Literacy Activities
Detect Rhyme—Sample question: Let’s play a short word game.
In this game, I want you to tell me if two words rhyme. Words that
rhyme sound like each other at the end. Listen carefully to these
words: hat, cat. Do these words rhyme?
 Rhyming shows an awareness of sounds within words. This
is an example of phonological awareness and is another
reading readiness skill.
Detect
Syllables—Sample
question:
Let’s
play
another word game. Listen carefully to the word I say and clap or tap
each beat, or syllable, that you hear. Let’s practice together. How
many beats, or syllables, do you hear in the word basket? (Two
claps or taps.) How many beats, or syllables, do you hear in sun?
(One clap or tap.)
 Breaking
words into syllables is important for word
recognition. Being able to tap or clap the number of syllable
is a part of phonological awareness.
Identify Uppercase Letters—
Sample question: I
want you to name the letters of the
alphabet shown on the
next page. (The letters will be out of order.) Try to name each letter
as quickly as you can.
 Alphabet: An essential reading readiness skill is learning the
names of letters.
Practice this activity often. Remember to encourage your child and
be excited in his/her growth.
 Children entering kindergarten should be able to
identify 15 capital letters.
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Handwriting
West Ada School District uses the Zaner-Bloser handwriting program.
Zaner-Bloser letter descriptions are provided. *Please note that the
letter formation is top to bottom.
Slant left. Lift.
Slant right. Lift.
Slide right.
Circle back all
the way around;
push up straight.
Pull down
straight.
Pull down
straight. Lift.
Slide right; curve
forward; slide left.
Slide right; curve
forward; slide left.
Pull down
straight; push up.
Circle forward.
Circle back.
Circle back.
Pull down
straight. Lift.
Slide right; curve
forward; slide left.
Circle back all
the way around;
push up straight.
Pull down
straight.
Pull down
straight. Lift Slide
right. Lift. Slide
right; stop short.
Lift. Slide right.
Slide right. Circle
back.
Pull down
straight. Lift.
Slide right. Lift.
Slide right; stop
short.
Curve back; pull
down straight.
Lift. Slide right.
Circle back. Slide
left.
Circle back all
the way around;
push up straight.
Pull down
straight; curve
Pull down
straight. Lift. Pull
down straight.
Lift. Slide right.
Pull down
straight. Push up;
curve forward;
pull down straight.
Pull down
straight. Lift.
Slide right. Lift.
Slide right.
Pull down
straight. Lift. Dot.
Pull down
straight; curve
back. Lift. Slide
right.
Pull down
straight; curve
back. Lift. Dot.
Pull down
straight. Lift
Slant left. Slant
right.
Pull down
straight. Lift.
Slant left. Slant
right.
Pull down
straight. Slide
right.
Pull down
straight.
Pull down
straight. Lift.
Slant right. Slant
up. Pull down
straight.
Pull down
straight. Push up;
curve forward;
pull down straight.
Push up; curve
forward; pull
down straight.
Pull down
straight. Lift.
Slant right. Push
up straight.
Pull down
straight. Push up;
curve forward;
pull down straight.
Circle back all
the way around.
Circle back all
the way around.
Pull down
straight. Lift.
Slide right; curve
forward; slide left.
Pull down
straight. Push up.
Circle forward all
the way around.
Circle back all
the way around.
Lift. Slant right.
Circle back all
the way around;
push up straight.
Pull down
straight; curve
forward.
Pull down
straight. Lift.
Slide right; curve
forward; slide left.
Slant right.
Pull down
straight. Push up;
curve forward.
Curve back; curve
forward.
Curve back; curve
forward.
Pull down
straight. Lift.
Slide right.
Pull down
straight. Lift.
Slide right.
Pull down
straight; curve
forward; push up.
Pull down
straight; curve
forward; push up.
Pull down
straight.
Slant right. Slant
up.
Slant right. Slant
up.
Slant right. Slant
up. Slant right.
Slant up.
Slant right. Slant
up. Slant right.
Slant up.
Slant right. Lift.
Slant left. Pull
down straight.
Slant right. Lift.
Slant left.
Slide right. Slant
left. Slide right.
Slide right. Slant
left. Slide right.
Pull down
straight.
Curve forward;
slant left. Slide
right.
Curve forward.
Curve forward.
Pull down
straight. Slide
right. Lift. Pull
down straight.
Slide right. Slant
left.
Curve back; curve
forward. Slant up.
Circle back all
the way around.
Pull down
straight.
Pull down
straight. Lift.
Curve down;
curve up.
Slant right. Lift.
Slant left.
Slant right. Lift.
Slant left.
Pull down
straight. Circle
forward. Lift.
Slide right.
Curve down.
Curve up and
around.
Math Checklist
The following activities will help your child be prepared for the
journey into Kindergarten.
 My child can do this.
 My child needs to work on this.
I can count to _____________
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I can identify these shapes.
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I can identify these numbers.
1
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8
5
4
7
3
I can draw a line from the number to the quantity it matches.
1
3
5
2
Math Checklist
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Write the numbers from 1 to 10. Use the model if needed.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Math Checklist
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Use the sorting grid below to sort one of the following by color: a
package of M&Ms, gummy bears, rainbow goldfish crackers or
jelly beans.
Gross/Fine Motor Checklist
The following activities will help your child be prepared for the
journey into Kindergarten.
 My child can do this.
 My child needs to work on this.
I can:
 Balance while standing, moving and changing position
 Move left, right, forward, and backward
 Walk
 Run
 Hop
 Jump
 Skip
 Walk heel to toe forward and backward
 Stand on one foot
 Throw a ball
 Catch a ball
 Kick a ball
 Bounce a ball
 Begin to hold writing tools with fingers instead of with a fist
 Use scissors correctly (thumb up and elbow down)
 Reproduce shapes from an example
Gross/Fine Motor Checklist
The following activities will help your child be prepared for the journey
into Kindergarten.
 My child can do this.
 My child needs to work on this.
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Color the 3 shapes.
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Trace the following lines.
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Draw the following shape.
School Readiness
To protect your child and to assist the school, please talk to your child
about:
 Knowing his/her phone number and address;
 Taking the same route to and from school each day;
 Observing safety rules when walking to and from school;
 Knowing what to do if he/she should get lost;
 Going directly home each day before going to a friend’s house;
 Using appropriate behavior when riding the bus, van, or walking.
Be sure and talk about stranger safety and safe street crossing.
School Readiness Checklist
The following activities will help your child be prepared for the journey
into Kindergarten.
 My child can do this.
 My child needs to work on this.
I can:
 Share
 Sit
 Clean up
 Waits turn
 Listen
 Respond appropriately
 Tie shoelaces
 Zip
 Button
 Unbutton
 Snap
 Manage personal behavior
 Keep track of belongings
 Show self-control
 Be aware of routine healthy behaviors
(washing hands, blowing nose, etc.)
 Get enough rest and exercise
Parents cut this page out of the book. Have your child cut out the shape.
Glue this shape to the
inside front cover.
Parents cut this page out of the book. Have your child cut out the shape.
Glue this shape to the
inside back cover.
Color the picture and add something to it!
www.coloring.ws/coloring.html
Challenge Page
The following list of activities are intended to challenge your child.
These activities do not need to be mastered by the time he/she
enters kindergarten.
 Allow your child to write about experiences. It may be nothing
more than scribbles, but it is a beginning step of writing. Spelling
is not important at this point, but rather the ideas that are
generated. Have your child read his/her story to you. (You may
want to write your child’s story in small print on the page so both
of you can remember what the story said.)
 Make a list, write a letter, and make a sign together. These
activities will all encourage early writing and reading skills.
 Ask your child to name an object that begins with each letter of
the alphabet. Have your child match objects that begin with the
same letter.
 Name all letters of the alphabet both in capital and lowercase
letters. Have your child try to identify all the letters in 1 minute.
 Identify the sounds of each letter, for your child. Practice together.
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Count 1 to 100.
Practice skip
counting by 2’s, 5’s
and 10’s.
Randomly point to
a number and ask
your child to
identify it.
Cover a few
numbers with an
object and ask your
child to identify the
numbers that are
covered.
Make up simple
math story
problems for your
child to solve. For
example: You have
3 crackers. If I give
you 2 more
crackers, how
many will you
have?
Practice writing the
numbers from 1 to
100.
Explore a historical site together.
Attend a community event with family, friends or neighbors.
Teach your child to snap fingers and do jumping jacks.
Identify the weather. Discuss what activities that children can do in
that type of weather? What type of clothing should be worn in that
type of weather?
Discuss with your child that people experience many different feelings
and deal with those feelings in different ways.
Visit
the
following
websites:
www.starfall.com
or
www.sesameworkshop.org
Glue triangle here. Located
in the fine motor section.