Social skills required for
Kindergarten
Tips for improving your
child’s social skills
Social skills required for
Kindergarten
Tips for improving your
child’s social skills
Children entering
Kindergarten should be
able to:
 Wait their turn
 Share
 Express feelings
appropriately
 Have some control
over emotions
 Interact appropriately
with other children
 Ask for help
 Ask basic questions
Children entering
Kindergarten should be
able to:
 Wait their turn
 Share
 Express feelings
appropriately
 Have some control
over emotions
 Interact appropriately
with other children
 Ask for help
 Ask basic questions
 Build a positive parentchild relationship
 Increase their cooperation
 Setting an example
 Playing with your child
 Playing with other
children
 Prompt and praise
 Extra activities
 Learn skills through
reading and television
 Make up stories about
social situations
 Build a positive parentchild relationship
 Increase their cooperation
 Setting an example
 Playing with your child
 Playing with other
children
 Prompt and praise
 Extra activities
 Learn skills through
reading and television
 Make up stories about
social situations
Physical development
 Gross motor activities
 Jumping,
running, climbing
 Fine motor activities
 Cutting, drawing,
writing, painting
etc.
 Dress themselves
 Turning pages of
book carefully &
correctly
 Gross motor skills
generally appear
before fine motor skills
Physical development
 Gross motor activities
 Jumping,
running, climbing
 Fine motor activities
 Cutting, drawing,
writing, painting
etc.
 Dress themselves
 Turning pages of
book carefully &
correctly
 Gross motor skills
generally appear
before fine motor skills
Tips for helping your
child’s physical
development
 Getting away from the
TV!!
 Playing with others
 Encourage outdoor
play
 Climbing, ball
games
Tips for helping your
child’s physical
development
 Getting away from the
TV!!
 Playing with others
 Encourage outdoor
play
 Climbing, ball
games
Cognitive skills required
for Kindergarten:
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Alphabet
Counting
Write name
Drawing
Colouring
Know body parts
 E.g. nose, ears etc.
Listening
Attention to detail
Discuss stories that have been
read to them
Concentrate for longer periods
Plan & complete task with
parent
Cognitive skills required
for Kindergarten:
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Alphabet
Counting
Write name
Drawing
Colouring
Know body parts
 E.g. nose, ears etc.
Listening
Attention to detail
Discuss stories that have been
read to them
Concentrate for longer periods
Plan & complete task with
parent
Tips for helping your
child’s cognitive
development
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Encourage your child to
draw/colour/write
Identify your child’s name
 Capital letter for first letter
in name and lower case for
remaining letters. E.g. John
Counting in everyday
situations
Identify colours & shapes
Involve your child in as many
day-to-day activities as
possible
Read with your child
Tips for helping your
child’s cognitive
development
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Encourage your child to
draw/colour/write
Identify your child’s name
 Capital letter for first letter
in name and lower case for
remaining letters. E.g. John
Counting in everyday
situations
Identify colours & shapes
Involve your child in as many
day-to-day activities as
possible
Read with your child
Why is reading
important?
 Provides opportunities for
children to learn about
books
 Builds vocabulary
 Helps the children to
identify sounds and letters
 Builds general knowledge
and knowledge about the
world
 Helps prepare children for
other types of print
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Tips for reading with your child
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Why is reading
important?
 Provides opportunities for
children to learn about
books
 Builds vocabulary
 Helps the children to
identify sounds and letters
 Builds general knowledge
and knowledge about the
world
 Helps prepare children for
other types of print
Get really excited about books
Be dramatic, animated, look
excited and use different
voices for the characters
Talk to your child about the
books you liked to read at
Kinder
Let the child join in
Slide your finger under the
words as you read
Teaching your child to read
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Reading aloud to children
helps them learn to read
Children learn to read by
listening to other people read
As the child’s writing skills
develop their reading ability
improves
Tips for reading with your child
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Teaching your child to read
Reading aloud to children
helps them learn to read
Children learn to read by
listening to other people read
As the child’s writing skills
develop their reading ability
improves
Get really excited about books
Be dramatic, animated, look
excited and use different
voices for the characters
Talk to your child about the
books you liked to read at
Kinder
Let the child join in
Slide your finger under the
words as you read
Preparation for school
 Get to know your
school
 Establish a routine
 Establish a healthy diet
 Attend ALL orientation
sessions and parent
meetings
School readiness: how to
know if your child is
ready
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Independence
Responsibility for own
belongings
Age/maturity
Social skills
Concentration
Communication skills
Other opinions
 talking to preschool
teacher/ daycare worker is
important
Weigh up all the options
Social & emotional effects of
your child starting too early
Preparation for school
 Get to know your
school
 Establish a routine
 Establish a healthy diet
 Attend ALL orientation
sessions and parent
meetings
School readiness: how to
know if your child is
ready
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Independence
Responsibility for own
belongings
Age/maturity
Social skills
Concentration
Communication skills
Other opinions
 talking to preschool
teacher/ daycare worker is
important
Weigh up all the options
Social & emotional effects of
your child starting too early
Services available in
Corowa:
Speech Pathology
Podiatrist
Dietitian
Counseling
Hearing tests
Child and family
health services
 Immunisation
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Contact:
 Corowa Community
Health
 (02) 60331340
Services available in
Corowa:
Speech Pathology
Podiatrist
Dietitian
Counseling
Hearing tests
Child and family
health services
 Immunisation
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Contact:
 Corowa Community
Health
 (02) 60331340
Services Available in
Albury:
Speech Pathology
Occupational Therapy
Physiotherapy
Dietitian
Counseling
Child and family
health
 Hearing screenings
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Contact:
 Albury Community
Health
 (02) 60581800
Services Available in
Albury:
Speech Pathology
Occupational Therapy
Physiotherapy
Dietitian
Counseling
Child and family
health
 Hearing screenings
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Contact:
 Albury Community
Health
 (02) 60581800