One of the best ways parents can prepare their child for kindergarten is to encourage independent skills over the summer months. Actually, many teachers are often more concerned about a child’s ability to take to care of themselves and relate to their friends than how many letters or numbers they know.  Here are a few ideas for helping your child develop self help skills that are particularly helpful in the kindergarten classroom. 1. Cleaning Your Own Personal Space.  Whether picking up toys before coming to large group or putting away markers and crayons at table time, taking care of and cleaning an area is an important self help skill. You can help your child practice this skill at home by

This summer it’s my goal to get organized and creating this catalog was right on top of my to-do list. My computer files are an absolute mess and it’s difficult to find an activity, poster or handout when I need it. It took awhile to figure out exactly how to best categorize the files, but now that it’s done I absolutely love it. Just take a peek at the table of contents. I organized the activities mainly by content- Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, et cetera. Just click the hyperlink and you’ll be taken right to that activity.  All FREEBIES are organized by DIY Activities, Cue Cards, Direct Teaching Activities, Handouts, Posters and Word Lists. If you’d like a copy of the