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teacher," says Dallas psychologist
Mary Ann Shaw. Another suggestion:
Follow the route to school a few
times, too, even if your child will take
the bus.
Kindergarten may seem like little
more than singing songs and learning
to count, but it's really a major transi-
tion for kids. How do you know if
your child is ready? Surprisingly, it's
the nonacademic skills that count at
this stage, including the ability to lis-
ten and follow directions, cooperate
with other children and work alone
for at least 10 minutes at a time.
Little tykes also should be able to
use the bathroom, and take coats on
and off by themselves (that means lit-
- tle hands can manage zippers and
buttons).
"It is the degree to which you can
take care of yourself that will help
when it comes to being a success in
kindergarten," says Dr. Lawrence
Johnson, director of the Arlitt Child
ummer is over, and it's time
for kids to return to pencils,
books and teachers' dirty
looks.
For some families, the new school
year also means the return to spats
over homework, bedtime and morn-
ing routines. Parents soon find there's
more to preparing Max and Ashley
for the classroom than buying their .
new school clothes and supplies.
While new threads may ease them
into the playground social scene, you
can do more to ensure their academic
success by giving them the right men-
tal tools.
Gearing up for school should start
a few weeks before the bell rings.
"Don't wait-until the last week to
start preparing children for school,"
says Dr. Lou Ann Todd Mock, a psy-
chologist at the Baylor College of
Medicine in Houston. Her
advice: Three weeks before
school begins, start shifting your
child's schedule by gradually
moving bedtime up to a school-
night hour. That way, he won't
be cranky and sleep-deprived on
the first day.
Mornings are typically a har-
ried time for families, says
Mock, but on the first day of
school it's nice if at least one par-
ent isn't on a tight schedule. Lay
Parents are a child's first teachers.
out school clothes the night
before, and get the children up a
Development Center at the Universi-
little earlier so they can have a leisure-
ty of Cincinnati. "If a child cannot
ly breakfast.
do these basics, some teachers could
If every morning turns into a bat-
become resentful because the child
tle of wills, Mock suggests setting up
takes up too much of their time.
some kind of reward system to
"Independence is really the keys"
encourage a recalcitrant child to get
he adds. "Most kindergarten class-
up, get dressed and get moving.
rooms are pretty large, and so those
Aside from easing back into the
who
can fend for themselves do pret-
fall routine, Mock says it's important
ty
well."
for parents to have an upbeat atti-
Less important are the academic
tude toward school. No matter what
skills kids bring to kindergarten.
age kids are, parents shouldn't
Don't worry if your child can't color
"infect" them with their own nega-
within the lines, count to 20 or read
tive attitudes toward school, teach-
on his own. If he can go to the bath-
ers, homework, even yucky cafeteria
room and get along with the other
food.
children,
he's in good shape.
A child's very first day of school
One of the best things parents can
requires more planning. It's a big step
do is prepare children to learn to
moving from the world of preschool
read. If you've been reading to your
to kindergarten. Because big-kid
child, by kindergarten she'll under-
school may seem scary, "children
stand that stories have a beginning,
beginning school should have a
middle and end. Kindergarten is only
chance to go and see where their
the
first of many academic transi-
classroom will be and maybe meet the
tions. For many kids, moving from
Alison Ashton writes for Copley News
grade school to middle school is a bic ,
Service.