What to Teach Your Child Who's Going to Kindergarten and Help Parents Too

It's the summer of 2010, and my little one who is about to turn five will be going to school for the first time. He's going to Kindergarten, he's been home schooled up to this point. I've been trying to prepare myself for this separation for a while now, but every time I think about it I become sad. I know that it's a good thing, because he needs to grow and make some new friends. I know this is all apart of growing up. We all have to do this some day. I'm sure that he'll learn a lot more in Kindergarten than I can teach him at home.

I've been talking to him and telling him that he'll be going to school really soon, but I don't think he fully understands how soon he'll be going to school. I'm yelling "Help September is here," and I don't know what I'm going to do without him at home running around, asking lots of questions, and talking my ears off.

Getting your child ready for Kindergarten

Preparing your child for Kindergarten shouldn't be hard, because you should have been getting them ready for school from the start. So the first way to prepare you child for Kindergarten is to teach them how to tie their shoes. Second is how to be nice to others, but not too nice that other children walk all over them. Third is to reinforce sharing, washing of their hands, and eating their own lunch's. They need to know that standing up for themselves is always a good thing, and they need to know that they can always tell the teach if someones bothering them. Please don't forget to make sure you mention that school can be a fun place. Yes, you are there to learn, but have some fun making friends and playing on the playground, drawing pictures, coloring, building blocks, and playing with play-doh.

Your child should go to school knowing their ABC's and 1,2,3's of course, but most of all they need to know that you love them, and that you will be their for them no matter what. They can come to you and tell you anything about their day, and they need to know they won't be in trouble for what ever happened.

Now is your child ready for Kindergarten

My son is ready for school, I hug him all the time, and tell him I'm going to miss him and he says," I'm going to miss you too mommy, but I have to grow-up and go to school." I think I need to learn to let go, shed those tears and move on we all have to. We have to believe in all the knowledge that we have put into these little ones, will help to lead them thought Kindergarten. My son who will soon be five year's old is ready, and I know that he can face this new world of kindergarten, because he tolded me so. As parents we need to know that our children will be all right with out us around them all the time.

We too were children with parents that let us go off to this new little world of Kindergarten, and look at us we didn't turn out so bad did we!