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Kindergarten Targets

A five-year old with these skills is READY! to succeed at school:

Letters and Sounds

Math

Social

Enjoys being read to and can retell a story

Counts in order from 1 to 20

Settles into new groups or situations

Recognizes and names 10-15 alphabet letters and their sounds

Recognizes number and quantities to 5

Can concentrate on a task for 5 minutes

Repeats beginning and ending sounds in words

Names and sorts items by color, shape and size

Follows simple directions

Speaks in complete sentences

Understands concepts such as more, less, same, above, below, big and small

Shows kindness and concern for others

Prints his or her first name

Reading aloud 20 minutes a day helps your child master these skills.

Get READY! For Kindergarten Summer Calendar

June 2011

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Read-aloud tip: Move
your fingers under the
words as you say them.
This will help your child
prepare to read from
left to right.

Tell your child about the
fun things you did when
you were in school: art,
music, games, etc.

Play “Follow the Leader”
Have your child copy
everything you do (hop,
skip, etc.) then let your
child lead you!

In the car talk about
things you see; promote
vocabulary and speaking
skills.

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Squirt shaving cream on
a dark cookie sheet.
Make a letter or number
for your child to copy.
It’s easy to erase and
try again.

Say ‘please” and “thank
you” often – your child
will too.

Check out library books
to enhance child’s
summer activities, such
as camping, swimming,
gardening, etc.

Go on a litter patrol.
Count how many items
child puts in bag.

Help your child learn
the names of basic
colors, Make it fun! Ask
“is there something blue
in this room?” See how
many blue things you can
find together.

Look for items in the
grocery cart that begin
with the same sound (i.e.
/p/ = pasta, popcorn,
plum.)

Give your child three
photos: one of an
infant, one of a toddler,
and a current photo.
Have your child place
them in the correct
order.

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Help your child learn to
use words – not force –
when he or she is angry.
Give examples of ways
to talk about feelings.

Put on some music and
dance with your child
or march together
around the room.

Plant seeds in yard or
pot. Find library books
about seeds, like The
Carrot Seed by Ruth
Krauss or The Tiny Seed
by Eric Carle

Read aloud tip: Find a
picture book without
words. Ask your child
to tell you the story
based on what he or she
sees.

Talk about ways to be a
good friend: Sharing,
being kind, saying nice
things together, and
asking what your friend
would like to play.

Fill a spray bottle with
water. Have your child
squirt the flowers and
plants.

Welcome Summer! Drop
in event at Sumner
Library 10a.m.-5p.m.

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Look at fruits and
vegetables at the
farmer’s market or
grocery store. Pick
something good to eat!
Clap syllables for the
food you see. Car-rot,
to-ma-to, wa-ter-melon)

Have a balancing
contest. Who can stand
on one foot the longest?

Summer officially
begins! Count down how
many days until school
starts again.

Summer Stories and
Crafts (3-5 yr. olds) at
Sumner Library, 10:30
a.m.

Make a treasure map
with your child. Go on a
hunt for a hidden letter,
number or color.

Summer Stories and
Crafts (3-5 yr. olds) at
Bonney Lake Library,
10:30 a.m.

Bark in the Park at
Allan Yorke Park in
Bonney Lake 10:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

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Make up silly words that
rhyme, such as “rilly”
and “tilly” Nonsense
words are fine when we
are doing rhymes!

Build a block tower.
Sort blocks. Build a
block city. Blocks are
great hands on math
tools.

Sumner Library – Rock
Around the World
Mystery (tickets
required - call
253.863.0441) There’s a
musical mystery to
solve. Eric Ode and his
good buddy, Benjamin
Dog, are on the case!
All ages.

Summer Stories and
Crafts (3-5 yr. olds) at
Sumner Library, 10:30
a.m.

Encourage your child to
dress him or herself.
Teach your child how to
use zippers, put shoes
on and take shoes off.

Get READY! For Kindergarten Summer Calendar

July 2011

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Summer Stories and
Crafts (3-5 yr. olds) at
Bonney Lake Library,
10:30 a.m. AND
Music Off Main at
Rainier View Park in
Sumner 6:30 pm
Puyallup Valley
Community Band
Big Band/Classics and
marches.

Make a fruit kabob.
Make a pattern using 2
or 3 different kinds of
fruit cut up into bite sized
pieces.

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Use a pan of water and
different sized
containers. Which holds
more? Which holds less?

Happy 4th of July!

Cap’n Arr at Kid’s Club
at Cedarview Park in
Bonney Lake, 11:00 a.m.

Summer Stories and
Crafts (3-5 yr. olds) at
Sumner Library, 10:30
a.m.

Head to Loyalty Park in
Sumner At the corner
of Park St. and Sumner
Ave. Count to 20 on the
swings. Crawl up the
steps, go down the slide.
Take healthy snacks and
have a picnic.

Summer Stories and
Crafts (3-5 yr. olds) at
Bonney Lake Library,
10:30 a.m.
AND
Music Off Main at
Heritage Park in
Sumner 6:30 p.m.-
8:30p.m. Danny
Vernon – Rock and Roll
with Elvis

Play a counting game
with your child. How
many doors do we have
in the house? How many
tires are on the car?

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Play Hopscotch with
your child on the
driveway or sidewalk.
Use letters in your
child’s name in the
squares.

Bilingual Storytime at
Sumner Library, 6:30
p.m.
AND
The Reptile Man at
Kid’s Club at Cedarview
Park in Bonney Lake,
6:30 p.m.

The Recess Monkeys at
Kid’s Club at Cedarview
Park in Bonney Lake,
11:00 a.m. AND
The Puppet Theatre
presents “Jack and the
Beanstalk” and
“Ferdinand the Bull” at
Sumner Library, 11:00
a.m.

Summer Stories and
Crafts (3-5 yr. olds) at
Sumner Library, 10:30
a.m.

Play with rhymes. Ask
your child to find words
that rhyme with his or
her name and find words
that begin with the
same sound.

Summer Stories and
Crafts (3-5 yr. olds) at
Bonney Lake Library,
10:30 a.m.
AND
Music Off Main at
Heritage Park in
Sumner 6:30 p.m.-
8:30p.m.
Funaddicts – 50s to
Current Hits

Going Global at Bonney
Lake Library 11:00 a.m.
Tickets required
253.863.5867
Practice writing your
name in a tray of salt.

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Sing the “Hokey Pokey.”
Follow directions and
learn position words
left, right, in, out,
around.

Bilingual Storytime at
Sumner Library, 6:30
p.m.
AND
Last Leaf Theater at
Kid’s Club at Cedarview
Park in Bonney Lake,
6:30 p.m.

Kid’s Club at Cedarview
Park in Bonney Lake,
11:00 a.m.
AND
World Storytelling
Safari at Sumner
Library 10:30 a.m. and
1:30 p.m. at Bonney Lake
Library. Tickets
required

Summer Stories and
Crafts (3-5 yr. olds) at
Sumner Library, 10:30
a.m.

Caspar Babypants: This
is Fun! at Bonney Lake
Library 11:00 a.m.
Tickets required
253.863.5867

Caspar Babypants: This
is Fun! at Sumner
Library 10:30 a.m.
Tickets required
253.863.0441
AND
Music Off Main at
Heritage Park in
Sumner 6:30 p.m.-
8:30p.m.
Maia Santell & House
Blend - Jazz

Bonney Lake Health and
Wellness Fair at Allan
Yorke Park, 10:00 a.m. –
2:00 p.m.
Fun Run Registration
begins 8:30 a.m.

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Play a card or board
game that involves
taking turns.

Bilingual Storytime at
Sumner Library, 6:30
p.m.
AND
Brian Vogan & His Good
Buddies at
Kid’s Club at Cedarview
Park in Bonney Lake,
6:30 p.m.

Eric Ode at Kid’s Club at
Cedarview Park in
Bonney Lake, 11:00 a.m.
AND
The Puppet Theatre
presents “The
Gunniwolf” and Anansi
and the Moss Covered
Rock” at Sumner Library
11:00 a.m.

Summer Stories and
Crafts (3-5 yr. olds) at
Sumner Library, 10:30
a.m.

The Puppet Theatre
presents “The
Gunniwolf” and Anansi
and the Moss Covered
Rock” at Bonney Lake
Library. Tickets
required 253.863.5867

Summer Stories and
Crafts (3-5 yr. olds) at
Bonney Lake Library,
10:30 a.m. AND
Music Off Main at
Heritage Park in
Sumner 6:30 p.m.-
8:30p.m.
The Diamond
Experience –Spend the
evening with Neil
Diamond

Sort objects by size.
Gather a collection of
coins, buttons, milk
caps, rocks or pinecones.
Ask your child to sort
them by size. Ask your
child to show you the
biggest, middle-sized
and smallest.

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Play guessing
games “I hear
something loud
and rumbly”
What is it?

Get READY! For Kindergarten Summer Calendar

August 2011

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Bilingual Storytime at
Sumner Library, 6:30
p.m.
AND
Matt Baker Comedy
Stunt Show at
Kid’s Club at Cedarview
Park in Bonney Lake,
6:30 p.m.

The Gothard Sisters at
Kid’s Club at Cedarview
Park in Bonney Lake,
11:00 a.m.
AND
Wild Tales! At Sumner
Library at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets required
253.863.0441

Summer Stories and
Crafts (3-5 yr. olds) at
Sumner Library, 10:30
a.m.

Wild Tales! At Bonney
Lake Library at 11:00
a.m. Tickets required
253.863.5867

Provide a bucket of
water and different
paintbrushes. Together
“paint” the sidewalk,
driveway, outside walls
with water.

Summer Stories and
Crafts (3-5 yr. olds) at
Bonney Lake Library,
10:30 a.m.

Sumner Arts Festival –
Downtown Sumner,
10:00 am – 7:00 pm

Sumner Arts Festival –
Downtown Sumner,
10:00 am – 7:00 pm

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Give your child simple
tasks that involve
matching, sorting or
counting objects (socks,
towels, silverware, etc.)

Linda Severt, Music,
Circus Arts, Puppetry at
Kid’s Club at Cedarview
Park in Bonney Lake,
6:30 p.m.

Last Leaf Theater at
Kid’s Club at Cedarview
Park in Bonney Lake,
11:00 a.m.

Summer Stories and
Crafts (3-5 yr. olds) at
Sumner Library, 10:30
a.m.

Talk about opposites.
What is the opposite of
hot? What is the
opposite of fast?

Summer Stories and
Crafts (3-5 yr. olds) at
Bonney Lake Library,
10:30 a.m.

Give your child a pair of
kitchen tongs and pick
up objects using the
tongs. Provide a tray
with small objects and a
pair of tweezers.

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Talk to your child as you
do chores. Questions
that begin with who,
what, when, where or
why can get your child
talking.

Head to Allan Yorke
Park in Bonney Lake with
a ball. Play toss and
catch or kick the ball
around the field.

Board of Education at
Kid’s Club at Cedarview
Park in Bonney Lake,
6:30 p.m.

Kid’s Club at Cedarview
Park in Bonney Lake,
11:00 a.m.

Head to Rainier View
Park at the corner of
Parker Rd. and Meade-
McCumber Rd in
Sumner. Take a walk on
the paved path. Talk
about the sounds you
hear and sights you see

Read a book about
kindergarten and going
to school. Ask your
librarian for suggestions

Friday Night Flicks at
Allan Yorke Park in
Bonney Lake – Starts
at Dusk

Friday Night Flicks at
Allan Yorke Park in
Bonney Lake – Starts
at Dusk

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Have your child make
choices (for example,
which socks to wear).
Making choices builds
independence.

Write a letter to a
friend or relative.

Caspar Babypants at
Kid’s Club at Cedarview
Park in Bonney Lake,
6:30 p.m.

Do sink and float
activities outside with
your child.

The Reptile Man at
Kid’s Club at Cedarview
Park in Bonney Lake,
11:00 a.m.

Adjust your child’s
sleeping and eating
habits to the school-year
schedule.

Play a card or board
game that involves
taking turns.

Talk with your child
about how he/she would
solve some school
related problems such
as what to do if he/she
gets lost or he/she
needs help with
something.

Practice using scissors.
Provide play dough
snakes and straws to
cut into little pieces.

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As the first day of
school nears, stay
positive about school –
and proud of your child.
Your little one is a big
kid now!

Touch a Truck at
Kid’s Club at Cedarview
Park in Bonney Lake,
6:30 p.m.

Walk or drive by your
child’s school. Point to
his/her classroom, if
possible.

Touch a Truck at
Kid’s Club at Cedarview
Park in Bonney Lake,
11:00 a.m.

Practice zipping
backpack, putting on
shoes, brushing teeth.

Have your child help you
label lunch boxes, coats,
backpacks. Talk about
the importance of
putting names on all of
his/her work.

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