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Is Your Child Ready For Kindergarten?

February 21, 2011


We know YOU aren't ready for this big change but more importantly, is your child?  Each year, as parents get ready to send their little one off to kindergarten, they begin to wonder if their child is really ready to start school. For many parents, preparing their child for school is easier said than done because they aren't sure where to start.

Some interesting notations from a NY TIMES article about Kindergarten.

 

"Students who had learned much more in kindergarten were more likely to go to college than students with otherwise similar backgrounds. Students who learned more were also less likely to become single parents. As adults, they were more likely to be saving for retirement. Perhaps most striking, they were earning more.

All else equal, they were making about an extra $100 a year at age 27 for every percentile they had moved up the test-score distribution over the course of kindergarten. A student who went from average to the 60th percentile — a typical jump for a 5-year-old with a good teacher — could expect to make about $1,000 more a year at age 27 than a student who remained at the average. Over time, the effect seems to grow, too." {The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers By DAVID LEONHARDT Published: July 27, 2010 )

 

 

So how do you prepare you child for success?  A good way to get kids ready for kindergarten is to find a program that is geared toward doing just that! Club Z!s proprietary Kindergarten readiness program, Let the Learning Begin™, provides one-on-one instruction in the comfort and convenience of your own home. Our premier program offers preparation tools for social and emotional development as well as motor, cognitive and language skills development taught by educational professionals with a passion for teaching.

Some things you can do now to help your child ready for kindergarten include reading aloud everyday and engaging in creative hands-on activities like working with crayons and clay. Exposing young children to a variety of learning methods helps to engage them regardless of their learning style. When parents are excited and take an active interest in their child's education, the children usually follow in those foot steps. Call Club Z! today to secure your pre-K tutor, or fill out our online inquiry form here. 

 

 

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"We weren't sure whether our son was ready for Kindergarten until he went through the Club Z! readiness program. Now were confident, and so is he, that he's ready to tackle his first school year!" -Amanda U., Pennsylvania