Transition
Bennington Success by
Six co-sponsors a wide range of effective
and playful transition activities. We believe that a child’s
education and readiness for school begins at birth. We also believe
that
guidance, coordination and communication establish linkages
and ease the psychological and physical adjustment between preschool
settings and primary programs for young children and their
families.
The following are some of the transition activities that
Success by Six provides:
- Open houses, kindergarten visits, book nights, special booklets,
calendars and home visits.
- Transition bags are distributed
to 14 elementary schools to approximately 500 incoming kindergarten children.
Bags are filled with markers, crayons, scissors,
math manipulatives and the book entitled, Off to Kindergarten.
- Kindercamps in August range from one to four days at various elementary schools.
- Welcome to our class postcards are sent by kindergarten teachers to all incoming
kindergarten students.
- Transition mini-grants are offered to each elementary school to encourage transition
activities.
Kindergarten transition reference guides are distributed to early care
and education providers and parents. Child care providers and parents
have five years
worth of rich information to share about their children entering kindergarten.
Transition forms convey past experiences, learning styles and individual
accomplishments in developmentally appropriate language that helps kindergarten
teachers develop
positive and individualized programs for each child.
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