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Ready for School Resources

  1. Talk, Read, and Sing Together Every Day! Tips for Using Language at Home and in the Community

  2. Talk, Read, and Sing Together Every Day!: Tips for Preschool Teachers & Other Early Childhood Education Program Providers

  3. NAEYC: Transitioning to Kindergarten | NAEYC

  4. Fostering Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Young Children

  5. Small Children Have Big Feelings

  6. Explore Body Language With Feelings Charades |… | PBS KIDS for Parents

  7. Pre-Writing Shapes Information Sheet – NHSGGC: Pre-Writing Shapes Information Sheet - NHSGGC

  8. NAEYC: Promoting Preschoolers’ Emergent Writing | NAEYC

  9. Begeny, J. C., Levy, R. A., Hida, R. M., Conradi Smith K., Jones, J. S., & Jiménez, V. V. (2018). Durham, NC: Helps Education Fund. If you would like your own copy of the complete workbook, you should visit the Helps Education Fund website, which allows each person to access the free guidebook with registration. Download PASTEL | Helping Education

  10. https://youtu.be/c6Z_ADIA2LY

  11. Begeny, J. C., Levy, R. A., Hida, R. M., Conradi Smith K., Jones, J. S., & Jiménez, V. V. (2018). Durham, NC: Helps Education Fund. If you would like your own copy of the complete workbook, you should visit the Helps Education Fund website, which allows each person to access the free guidebook with registration. Download PASTEL | Helping Education

  12. Kosanovich, M., Lee, L. and Foorman, B. (2020). A Kindergarten Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills (REL 2020-016). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from REL Publication | A Kindergarten Teacher's Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills

  13. Begeny, J. C., Levy, R. A., Hida, R. M., Conradi Smith K., Jones, J. S., & Jiménez, V. V. (2018). Durham, NC: Helps Education Fund. If you would like your own copy of the complete workbook, you should visit the Helps Education Fund website, which allows each person to access the free guidebook with registration. Download PASTEL | Helping Education

  14. Begeny, J. C., Levy, R. A., Hida, R. M., Conradi Smith K., Jones, J. S., & Jiménez, V. V. (2018). Durham, NC: Helps Education Fund. If you would like your own copy of the complete workbook, you should visit the Helps Education Fund website, which allows each person to access the free guidebook with registration. Download PASTEL | Helping Education

  15. Initial Phoneme Isolation

  16. Begeny, J. C., Levy, R. A., Hida, R. M., Conradi Smith K., Jones, J. S., & Jiménez, V. V. (2018). Durham, NC: Helps Education Fund. If you would like your own copy of the complete workbook, you should visit the Helps Education Fund website, which allows each person to access the free guidebook with registration. Download PASTEL | Helping Education

  17. Kosanovich, M., Lee, L. and Foorman, B. (2020). A Kindergarten Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills (REL 2020-016). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from REL Publication | A Kindergarten Teacher's Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills

  18. Washington State Early Learning and Development Guidelines: Birth through Third Grade, Department of Early Learning, 2012.

  19. Getting to Know My Child: A Guide for My Child’s Kindergarten Teacher, National Center for Learning Disabilities.

  20. Introducing Me! Adapted by University of Washington, Center for Quality Early Learning (CQEL) and Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). Last revised May 2013

  21. NASN (National Association of School Nurses), “Guidelines for Keeping a Sick Child at Home”, 2006


En Espanol

  1. Hablen, lean y canten juntos todos los días! - El Lenguaje en el Hogar y en la Comunidad

  2. Hablen, lean y canten juntos todos los días!

  3. NAEYC: Transitioning to Kindergarten | NAEYC

  4. Fostering Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Young Children

  5. Small Children Have Big Feelings

  6. Explore Body Language With Feelings Charades |… | PBS KIDS for Parents

  7. Etapas del aprendizaje de la escritura - CNB

  8. Pre-Writing Shapes Information Sheet - NHSGGC

  9. NAEYC: Promoting Preschoolers’ Emergent Writing | NAEYC

  10. Begeny, J. C., Levy, R. A., Hida, R. M., Conradi Smith K., Jones, J. S., & Jiménez, V. V. (2018). Durham, NC: Helps Education Fund. If you would like your own copy of the complete workbook, you should visit the Helps Education Fund website, which allows each person to access the free guidebook with registration. Download PASTEL | Helping Education

  11. https://youtu.be/c6Z_ADIA2LY

  12. Begeny, J. C., Levy, R. A., Hida, R. M., Conradi Smith K., Jones, J. S., & Jiménez, V. V. (2018). Durham, NC: Helps Education Fund. If you would like your own copy of the complete workbook, you should visit the Helps Education Fund website, which allows each person to access the free guidebook with registration. Download PASTEL | Helping Education

  13. Kosanovich, M., Lee, L. and Foorman, B. (2020). A Kindergarten Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills (REL 2020-016). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from REL Publication | A Kindergarten Teacher's Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills

  14. Begeny, J. C., Levy, R. A., Hida, R. M., Conradi Smith K., Jones, J. S., & Jiménez, V. V. (2018). Durham, NC: Helps Education Fund. If you would like your own copy of the complete workbook, you should visit the Helps Education Fund website, which allows each person to access the free guidebook with registration. Download PASTEL | Helping Education

  15. Begeny, J. C., Levy, R. A., Hida, R. M., Conradi Smith K., Jones, J. S., & Jiménez, V. V. (2018). Durham, NC: Helps Education Fund. If you would like your own copy of the complete workbook, you should visit the Helps Education Fund website, which allows each person to access the free guidebook with registration. Download PASTEL | Helping Education

  16. Initial Phoneme Isolation

  17. Begeny, J. C., Levy, R. A., Hida, R. M., Conradi Smith K., Jones, J. S., & Jiménez, V. V. (2018). Durham, NC: Helps Education Fund. If you would like your own copy of the complete workbook, you should visit the Helps Education Fund website, which allows each person to access the free guidebook with registration. Download PASTEL | Helping Education

  18. Kosanovich, M., Lee, L. and Foorman, B. (2020). A Kindergarten Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills (REL 2020-016). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from REL Publication | A Kindergarten Teacher's Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills

  19. Washington State Early Learning and Development Guidelines: Birth through Third Grade, Department of Early Learning, 2012.

  20. Getting to Know My Child: A Guide for My Child’s Kindergarten Teacher, National Center for Learning Disabilities.

  21. Introducing Me! Adapted by University of Washington, Center for Quality Early Learning (CQEL) and Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). Last revised May 2013

  22. NASN (National Association of School Nurses), “Guidelines for Keeping a Sick Child at Home”, 2006

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