#KGReadiness Day 19: Read a book together; make up a different ending

#KGReadiness Day 18: Be sure your child knows how to sit criss cross appleauce and raise their hand

#KGReadiness Day17: Go outside and find something alive, no longer alive, and that never was alive

#KGReadiness Day 16:Number hunt: Write digits 0-9 on paper and challenge your child to find 1 of something, 2 of something, etc

#KGReadiness Day 15: Be sure your child knows the best number to get in touch with you

#KGReadiness Day 14: Play a game using dice

#KGReadiness Day 13: Run in place, balance on one foot, and do jumping jacks

#KGReadiness Day12: Draw a page of shapes, then search the house to find them in everyday objects

#KGReadiness Day 11: Wash, wash, wash your hands-teach your child to sing their ABCs while lathering to get squaky clean

#KGReadiness Day 10: Have your child draw a picture of everyone who lives in your house and be sure your child knows everyone's full name

#KGReadiness Day9: Read a book together, then have your child re-tell it using the illustrations for support

#KGReadiness Day 8: Potty Time-Can your child do it COMPLETELY independently?

#KGReadiness Day7: Left, left, left, right, left--does your child know which is which?

#KGReadiness Day 6: Know the day of the week for today/yesterday/tomorrow/weekend

#KGReadiness Day5: Read a book together: have your child draw/paint/color a response

#KGReadiness Day4: On the go: see how high your child can count between traffic lights

#KGReadiness Day3: Self-care: be sure your child can button, snap, and zip independently

#KGReadiness Day2: Need to know: age and birthday

#KGReadiness, Day1: Talk about the weather using words like cloudy, rainy, sunny, hot, cold, and windy

50 Days of Kindergarten Readiness

Happy Summer!  We hope you and your kids are swimming, catching lightning bugs, sleeping in, spending time with friends, and eating popsicles!










If you have a child starting kindergarten this year, mixed feelings of excitement and concern may be lurking beneath the surface of summertime fun.  So, to make it easy, tomorrow we are launching, drumroll please...

50 Days of Kindergarten Readiness

here at A Hands On Mom. Each weekday we'll post a quick tip, activity, or skill related to kindergarten readiness.  We'll post here, Facebook, and Twitter, so take your pick and follow for quick tips.  Blog followers will get a daily email--super easy!

Our promise to you: we will only post things that are quick, easy, and pertinent. Because, like you, we've got our own lightning bugs to catch. 

"It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward." --Chinese Proverb

 

Fish Face!

Amy B Croker
MAT, Elem Education

I guess I was a little hungry when typing up the posts for this week. The summer definitely gives me a big appetite. So my friends at www.parents.com of course had the cutest dessert recipe that will put a smile on any kid's face. The name is not the cutest or sounds the most appetizing, but it sure looks delicious! Enjoy and maybe you and your kids can come up with your own name. The girls and I came up with "Fish Face." 






Fishy Dessert -you can get as creative as you want with this recipe.Make it your own!
Make sweet sorbet fish by adding fruity fins and cereal faces.
Bring the sea to them with silicone blue cupcake liners