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Read
with your child everyday. Reading builds vocabulary and a love
of learning.
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| 2.
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Teach
your child to be self-sufficient, particularly when it comes to
getting dressed and using the bathroom. With more time spent on
early academics in kindergarten, there’s less time for teaching
things like tying shoelaces.
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| 3.
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Let
your child use school tools such as pencils, markers, crayons,
and scissors. This will not only improve fine motor skills, it
will build imagination.
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| 4.
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Give
your child daily opportunities to use large muscles. Get them
off the couch and into the yard.
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| 5.
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Teach
them to write their own names and know the letters in their names.
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| 6.
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Teach
them colors, shapes, and to count to at least 10.
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| 7.
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Give
them opportunities to play cooperatively with other children and
to learn to take turns and share.
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| 8.
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Encourage
your child to listen and use words to express ideas and feelings.
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| 9.
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Talk
with your child- enjoy the sounds of language together.
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| 10.
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Give
your child opportunities for imaginative play.
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