Traditionally, school readiness was simply a matter of chronological age and as long as a child could manage basic expectations for that age group they were considered ready for school. In other words, it all came down to the individual child. These days the term ‘school readiness’ makes you think of a child knowing basic numbers and letters and how to play nicely with others. However, this is also too limited. School readiness is much more than that!
This definition of school readiness we believe is actually an equation:
Ready Families + Ready Early Childhood Services + Ready Communities + Ready Schools = Ready Children
In other words, children will only be ready for school if their families, day care providers and communities have given them the opportunities they need to be ready.
Over the past 100 years, doing well in school has come to mean an increased likelihood of a good job and a good life. Therefore parents and families feel they need to begin working on academics from birth. This has led to a misconception that academics are one of the most important criteria for preschool school readiness. However, the reality is that most teachers are more concerned with behavioural skills such as sharing, attentiveness, self-control, persistence and sensitivity to others. They also want children to be healthy, well rested and nourished. Knowing the alphabet and numbers is way down their list and something they know they can work on.
Families can help get their children ready for preschool by focusing on:
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