Local School Information
Following are websites for School Districts in our area. Some of us may already have kids in school and some may have a few years to worry about it but here are some helpful links and information for you when you may need it. The school years are just around the corner!
- Antioch School District
- Brentwood School District
- Oakley School District
- Pittsburg School District
- Discovery Bay/Byron
ECMC's 9th Annual Preschool Fair
Not able to attend the Preschool Fair? Not to worry...click the link below for information on the preschools that were represented at the fair. Thank you to everyone who did attend the fair.
Ready, Set, Go ~ Beginning Kindergarten Skills
From the Contra Costa Child Care Council ( http://www.cocokids.org/index.taf?id=1000265)
Following are 105 desirable readiness skills that will help children get off to a good start when they begin school:
Size- Understands big and little
- Understands long and short
- Matches shapes or objects based on size
- Recognizes and names primary colors
- Recognizes circles
- Recognizes rectangles
- Copies shapes
- Counts orally through 10
- Counts objects in one-to-one correspondence
- Understands empty and full
- Understands more and less
- Remembers objects from a given picture
- Knows what a letter is
- Has been read to frequently
- Looks at books or magazines
- Recognizes some nursery rhymes
- Identifies parts of the body
- Identifies objects that have a functional use
- Knows common farm and zoo animals
- Pronounces own first name
- Expresses self verbally
- Identifies other children by name
- Tells the meaning of simple words
- Repeats a sentence of 6-8 words
- Completes incomplete sentence with proper word
- Has own books
- Understands that print carries a message
- Pretends to read
- Uses left-to-right progression
- Answers questions about a short story
- Tells the meaning of words heard in story
- Looks at pictures and tells a story
- Identifies own first name in manuscript
- Prints own first name
- Understands up and down
- Understands in and out
- Understands front and back
- Understand over (on) and under
- Understands top, bottom, middle
- Understands beside and next to
- Understands hot and cold
- Understands fast and slow
- Understands day and night
- Knows age and birthday
- Follows simple directions
- Listens to a short story
- Listens carefully
- Recognizes common sounds
- Repeats a sequence of sounds
- Repeats a sequence of orally-given numbers
- Retells simple stories in sequence
- Is able to run
- Is able to walk a straight line
- Is able to jump
- Is able to hop
- Is able to alternate feet walking down stairs
- Is able to march
- Is able to stand on one foot 5-10 seconds
- Is able to walk backwards for five feet
- Is able to throw a ball
- Pastes objects
- Claps hands
- Matches simple objects
- Touches fingers
- Able to button
- Builds with blocks
- Completes simple puzzles (5 pieces or less)
- Draws and colors beyond a simple scribble
- Able to zip
- Controls pencil and crayon well
- Cuts simple shapes
- Handles scissors well
- Able to copy simple shapes
- Can be away from parents for 2-3 hours without being upset
- Takes care of toilet needs independently
- Feels good about self
- Is not afraid to go to school
- Cares for own belongings
- Knows full name
- Dresses self
- Knows how to use a handkerchief or tissue
- Knows own sex
- Brushes teeth
- Crosses a residential street safely
- Asks to go to school
- Knows parents' names
- Knows home address
- Knows home phone number
- Enters into dinner table conversation
- Carries a plate of food
- Maintains self-control
- Gets along well with other children
- Plays with other children
- Recognizes authority
- Shares with others
- Talks easily
- Likes teachers
- Meets visitors without shyness
- Puts away toys
- Able to stay on a task
- Able to work independently
- Helps family with chores