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Kindergarten Prep

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Play from 0:00[0:00] ..." Kindergarten is -- first great Mets Jan also on the creator of the get set for school curriculum designed to help preschoolers get ready for the jump to kindergarten. She says kindergarten is much more rigorous and deliberate and the kindergartens of years past and preschoolers need to be ready for this new environment."...

Play from 0:22[0:22] ..." would help parents is that to help their children get ready for kindergarten. Show them how to make all of their capital letters and show them how to start all of the letters at the."...

Play from 1:21[1:21] ..." top to bottom left to right and as the most important. Hand handwriting half but for all children is just start letters that the top."...

Play from 0:00[0:00]" Kindergarten is -- first great Mets Jan also on the creator of the get set for school curriculum designed to help preschoolers get ready for the jump to kindergarten. She says kindergarten is much more rigorous and deliberate and the kindergartens of years past and preschoolers need to be ready for this new environment. Olson has this advice for parents."

Play from 0:21[0:21]" What I would help parents is that to help their children get ready for kindergarten. Show them how to make all of their capital letters and show them how to start all of the letters at the."

Play from 0:34[0:34]" Olson says once your child has the hang of making capital letters then it's on to the rest."

Play from 0:39[0:39]" Once the -- half their capital letters many lower case letters are just the -- only smaller and that parents can show them the capital the -- lower case letters that go with a capital."

Play from 0:52[0:52]" And wants progress is made -- the next thing to do is teach your child how to write their name."

Play from 0:57[0:57]" That's going to be the first thing that many expected here -- paper which you name and we want parents to show that children how to make the capital letter. And then teach your child the rest of the letters in the irony because those letters take priority over all the other letters that --"

Play from 1:16[1:16]" Olson says parents just have to remember the basics when sitting down with a child."

Play from 1:20[1:20]" Just remember top to bottom left to right and as the most important. Hand handwriting half but for all children is just start letters that the top."

Play from 1:29[1:29]" And she says this teaching can be done just about anywhere."

Play from 1:33[1:33]" Sometimes you sitting at a restaurant waiting for your. You could they -- I'm gonna make a letter -- which letter I'm making."

Play from 1:41[1:41]" Where -- parent report I'm -- Coca WBZ news radio 1030."

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