Children´s Social and Emotional Competence Critical to a Good Start in the Early Years of School
Child Mental Health Foundations and Agencies Network (FAN)
Child Indicators: School Readiness
Future of Children
What Is the Right Age to Start Kindergarten?
Lots of common sense and expertise in this article by Anne Guignon at Education World.
Readiness for Kindergarten
Characteristics and abilities showing children's readiness for kindergarten.
Kindergarten Inventory of Social-Emotional Tendencies - Online Administration
Fee-based ($12.50) assessment of kindergarten readiness. The KIST will guide you in evaluating your child's development in Communication and Daily Living Skills, Hyperactive/Inattentive and Maladaptive Behaviors, Separation Anxiety Symptoms, Sleeping and Eating, and Socialization Skills. Helpful for making a decision to seek intervention for your child to help him succeed in kindergarten.
Academic Redishirting and Young Children
A helpful discussion of the practice of waiting a year rather than starting a young five year old in kindergarten.
Ready or Not ...Preparing Young Children for the Classroom
Advice for parents from the National Association for the Education of Young Children
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