What is “Kindergarten Ready?”

Social/Emotional Skills

Academic and School Skills

Our goal here at Wild Acorns is to help your child confidently enter Kindergarten, ready for their next adventure. There are many different opinions on what makes a child “Kindergarten ready.” Some focus purely on the academic learning task lists and others on social/emotional or school skills approach.

We believe that academic, social emotional and school skills are important to practice in Preschool with highest emphasis on social emotional skills.

Social/Emotional skills practiced at Wild Acorns:

• Sharing with a classmate/taking turns

• Listening skills

• Labeling emotions

• Communication skills

• Teamwork practice

• Conflict resolution skills with adult guidance if needed

School skills practiced at Wild Acorns:

• Go to the bathroom and wash hands independently

• Zip and unzip a jacket

• Follow simple and multi-step directions

• Help tidy/put things away

• Properly hold school tools such as pencils and scissors

• Focus on an activity for at least 10 minutes

• Listen to the teacher/classmate without interrupting

• Ask for help when needed/express a need respectfully

• Appreciation for music

• Appreciation for art

Academic skills practiced at Wild Acorns:

• Shape recognition/tracing

• Name spelling/recognition

• Counting /number recognition

• Rhyming

• Alphabet letters & sounds: build it/write it/find it

• Weather Observation

• Affirmations

• Calendar: day/month/year/season

• Addition/Subtraction- basic

Bonus Skills:

• Flag Songs/Pledge of Allegiance

• Farming/Gardening skills: seeds, vegetables, berries, flowers, hens