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Jumpstart transition to kindergarten |
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by mummycristlyn  (September 2007) (rank 123rd) |
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My first born is of to kindergarten next year and i have mixed feeling about it all every thing is going through my head like will he be ok and how will he do is the school a good school because we have not long moved to the
area now i have come across this jumpstart transition to kindergarten and what they do is get the kids to come to the school once a week for 1 1/2 hours for 10 weeks and they get to know the other kids so they don't feel alone and they get a feel of what kindergarten is going to be like i think its a great idea because my little boy said i don't know anyone that's going to the school and he loves going because they do all sorts of fun activity and they work with the kids that have difficulty's with fine and gross motor skills witch i think is great because my son has a lot of fine and gross motor skills difficulty's they get to have free choice activities like
*Cooking face biscuits - icing and lollies
*Finger painting
*Outdoor activities playing with hula hoops balls etc.
And they do other activities such as singing and playing with the musical instruments crafts learning how to write there name and they get to go and practices how to order from the canteen the school gets there health nurse to come and talk to the parents if they have any concerns about child's speech,sight,hearing and they make sure that ur child's immunisation is up to date they have a curriculum-literacy groups and a curriculum- numeracy groups i think it is fantastic and then at the end of the program they have presentation and performance this jumpstart transition for kindergarten has made me and my husband more at ease with sending our first child to big school because its such a big step for all of us but i don't think his going to be the one crying at the gate i think its going be me he was once a tiny little baby and he is just so big if you have a little one that's of to big school next year u should see if they do have a jumpstart program its great
