Introduction

The Internet Resources

• National Association for the Education of Young Children - This article provides information on kindergarten preparation and kindergarten readiness skills.

• Getting Your Preschoolers Ready for School - This site provides suggestions for ways in which family members can help their preschool child develop readiness sills for kindergarten.

• Covenant Home Kindergarten Readiness Exam - This site offers an exam designed to assess a childs readiness to begin a kindergarten program. Test can be printed and the site also offers automated scoring of the exam.

• Back-to-School Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten? - This site offers information for parents on assessing their child's readiness skills. The parent can also click on recommended activities for suggestions on helping their child develop the necessary skills.

• Kindergarten Readiness - This site is very extensive. It offers suggestions for helping your child develop each of the necessary kindergarten readiness skills.

• Family Fun: Raising Kids - This articl offers practical advice on determining whether or not your child is ready to enter kindergarten. It also offers advice on how parents should go about encouraging the devlopment of readiness skills in their children.

• Kindergarten Readiness Skills and What Parents and Caregivers Can Do - This site offers a list of kindergarten readiness skills. Below each skill is a list of activities that family members can do to encourage these skills in their child.

• Kindergarten readiness: Is your child ready for school? - This article explains cutoff dates and what kindergarten readiness is. It also offers advice for determining if your child is ready for kindergarten.

• Parentalk Pre-Schoolers - This site offers areticles on early childhood development. It is an excellent source of information on educating and nurturing your pre-school child.