Starting School: Resources for Parents of Kindergarteners

Helping Your Child Start School: A Practical Guide for Parents
Bernard Ryan

Discover how to become your child's "resource center" for your son or daughter's development. Ryan takes the reader through the typical kindergarten day, describing the purpose of common activities and showcasing how children are introduced to key subjects. Packed with useful information and presented in a light, easy-to-read style, this book will do much to relieve the wonder -- and the worry -- that all parents experience when their child takes that major step into the world outside the home.



How to Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten
Florence Karnofsky

Discover what every child should be able to communicate before starting kindergarten, as well as necessary social and emotional skills, self-help skills, and early-learning activities and tips for "separation day."



Kindergarten: It Isn't What it Used to Be -- Getting Your Child Ready for the Positive Experience of Education
Susan K. Golant

This practical guide for parents identifies and assesses a child's kindergarten readiness. Getting off to a good start is an important step in giving children a positive attitude toward school and learning. Golant includes criteria for evaluating a good kindergarten program, explains how to help your child cope with the transition from home to school, and gives pointers on how to identify a great kindergarten teacher.



When You Go to Kindergarten
James Howe
Photographs by Betsy Imershein

A reassuring and informative book designed to help children take the big step of entering kindergarten. Howe discusses boarding the bus or walking, saying good-bye and making new friends, school bathrooms, daily activities, and general school rules -- encouraging children to discuss any area that they may be curious or anxious about.



Getting Ready For Kindergarten [videorecording]
Produced by Rock 'N Learn.

This video teaches kids essential skills for kindergarten -- from tying their shoes and making their bed to story time and learning letters and numbers -- through fun songs, animated characters, and real children.


Kindergarten Countdown! [videorecording]
Produced by Educational Productions.

Upbeat and authentic, this lively video gives preschoolers information they need to build enthusiasm and confidence about starting school. Now children can actually see what kindergarten is like long before they have a chance to visit.