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| Preparing Child for School |
 • Try to get your child to finish hard tasks once they have begun them.
• Help your child to consider others feelings.
• Teach your child some good ways to express his or her feelings.
• Tell your child that biting, hitting, and screaming are not allowed.
• Be sure to kiss and hug your child many times every day.
Independence
Children feel good about themselves when they know how to tie their shoes or zip their coat. Their self-esteem is built by doing such things on their own. In school, children have to know how to do some things by themselves. To help your child be more independent you can:
• Buy shoes and clothes that are easy for your child to fasten, zip, and buckle.
• Teach your child how to dress him/herself.
• Have your child do easy duties like setting the table or picking up toys.
• Be sure your child is potty-trained and is taught good hand-washing.
• Let your child finish puzzles or other activities on his or her own.
 Communication skills
Children are making their first steps towards reading and writing when they talk and/or listen. While talking to others, children learn about people, places, and things that they will later read and write about. Children tell us what they comprehend the world through talking. You can do such things to be sure that your child can communicate well.
• Talk with your child every day.
• Teach your child to listen and reply to others when they talk.
• Always reply your child’s questions.
• Help your child comprehend and use new words.
• Children can learn new ideas through singing and rhyming.
• Talk with your child as you want him or her to speak.
• Write notes to your child.
• Help your child say what they want in letters to others.
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