Kindergarten Readiness

PS1 thinks about Kindergarten readiness in terms of the whole child and the skills and strengths each child has developed. We look at what makes a child unique.

Attendance In Our Full Day Program

• The Youngers (K-1) program follows the schedule of the school that runs from 8:30 to 3:00. Kindergarten students are expected to attend and fully participate in the daily program.

Independent Self-Help Skills

• This includes the ability to dress themselves, hang up their backpack or sweatshirt on a hook. Using the bathroom without assistance, redressing, washing hands and eating lunch with peers sitting at a table. 
• This includes expressing their needs and asking adults for help when necessary.
• This includes the ability to follow teacher directions to move around the classroom and the school, share materials with peers, and wait their turn.

Listening To Others

• This includes understanding that listening is a skill to learn and that teachers and peers have thoughts and ideas that are valuable. 

Literacy

• This includes the ability to listen to a story book and make predictions based on the illustrations, and text that has been read to them.
• This includes the ability to write their first name.

Curiosity About The World And Eagerness To Learn

• This includes asking questions, contributing to conversations and the ability to express their thoughts and feelings.

Age-Appropriate Organizational Skills

• This includes being able to sort items into categories as when using materials, cleaning up toys and finding simple patterns.