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WHAT IS SCHOOL READINESS?

INFOPARENTS.COM: School readiness, a term used frequently in the in pre-school and kindergarten setting, means that a child is ready to enter a social and educationally based environment. In other words, the child is ready to start the process of learning how to do things independently. To do this, a child should have the ability to:

  • Work independently
  • Attend or listen to what someone else is saying
  • Get along with other children of the same age
  • Learn and participate in structured situations such as play and story reading
  • Focus or key in and listen to one central person in the classroom
  • Learn (have the necessary social skills/ability) in a co-operative learning environment where children learn from teachers and form one another
  • Play with other children (wait their turn in line and so on)

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