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Teaching Readiness Skills to All families Integrating Lessons and Strategies
A Pathway to Kindergarten Readiness
A Virtual Pre-Kindergarten Program
Phyllis Phillips – Metro Nashville Pre-Kindergarten Coordinator
phyllis.phillips@mnps.org – 615-259-8690
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Objective
To provide services and guidance to
families of Pre-Kindergarten age children
in preparing for Kindergarten success in
Metro Nashville Public Schools
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Target Audience
 Families who did not get into MNPS PreKindergarten
 Not enrolled in Pre-Kindergarten
 Community Centers
 Stay at home mothers
 Home school programs
 Child Care Providers
 Home Bound
 Existing Pre-Kindergarten students and their
families
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Content of Virtual Classroom
 Four Developmental Domains of
Learning
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Social/Emotional Developmental Skills
Language Developmental Skills
Physical and Self-Help Developmental Skills
Academic Developmental Skills
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Components
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Calendar
Lessons/Strategies
Resources
Progress Monitoring Assessments
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Calendar
 Full year of activities, strategies,
instructional tips and helpful hints
 Dates of upcoming events
 Kindergarten Enrollment Information
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Lessons/Strategies
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Early Learning Development Standards
Standards over a 9 week session
Lesson Videos
Suggestions on becoming actively
engaged in their child’s school career
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Resources
 Community Resources
 Events scheduled for families
 Health Care
 Websites
 Early Learning Development Standards
 Kindergarten Common Core Standards
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Progress Monitoring
 Assessment tools for parents to
determine their child’s progress
 Monitoring time lines for families to follow
throughout the 9 week period
 Recommendations for creating a portfolio
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Fall Readiness
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Fall Readiness
 Social/Emotional Development
 Language Development
 Academic Development
 Physical and Self-Help Development
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Social/Emotional Development
1st Nine Weeks Grading Period
 Week 1
 Arrange time for your child to play with a friend
 Talk about taking turns and have your child practice letting a friend go first
 Discuss putting toys away and have your child practice putting their own
toys away after playing
 Read the story Mine-O-Saur by David Clark
 Take turns with your child pretending to be the characters in the story
 Discuss how you could help a friend who does not want to share, learn to
share
 Create sharing signs using paints, crayons or pencils that show how a
person being a good friend by sharing
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How Can I Get Involved
 Partnerships
Metro Nashville Public Schools
Pre-K Alignment Nashville Committee
Promise Neighborhood
Head Start
 Invitation to Participate (ITP)
 Contacting Pre-K Department
phyllis.phillips@mnps.org