• Set routines to help prepare your child to be ready for school.
• Talk to your child on a regular basis to improve their communication skills.
• Getting along with others is a skill that makes the transition to kindergarten easier. 
• Ten hours of sleep, frequent exercise, and good nutrition prepare your child for the rigor of kindergarten.
• Allow your child to make choices, and explain to you why the choice was made.

• Getting Ready for Kindergarten:  How Parents & Providers Can Support Children
• Kindergarten Readiness Games
• “I Helped Mama Too!”  Cooking With a Tiny Helper
• Ready or Not Kindergarten, Here we Come! 

• Virginia Department of Education: School Readiness Research Synthesis
• Indiana Institute: School Readiness: What Teachers Expect. What Parents Can Do.
• National Association for the Education of Young Children: Where we Stand on School Readiness

Children Read Alouds

Countdown to Kindergarten, by Alison McGhee

It's just ten days before kindergarten, and this little girl has heard all there is to know--from a first grader--about what it's going to be like.

When You Go to Kindergarten, by James Howe

This book prepares kindergarten students for school. The student wouldn't be able to read this book, but they will have an understanding of what kindergarten is like.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Transitions from the Children’s Perspective