Kindergarten

Kindergarten Registration 2023-24

Registration for the 2023-24 school year opens at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023

 

To register for kindergarten in the 2023-24 school year, your child must be five years old on or before Dec. 31, 2023.

Starting school is an exciting time, for both children and parents. Although exciting, it can also be daunting if you don’t have the information you need. To help, Elk Island Public Schools has put together an online toolkit to make the transition as smooth as possible for families.

What Can You Do to Help Your Child Prepare?

Practice sharing:

  • Arrange play dates
  • Play board games
  • Taking turns

Set a routine:

  • At least a week before school begins, start going to bed at a normal time for a school night. Have your child get up, dressed, and fed the way you expect them to on a school day

Teach the importance of listening:

  • Look at who is talking
  • Do not interrupt
  • Think about what is being said

Show your child the importance of learning, by learning at home:

  • Letter play (uppercase, lowercase, sounds)
  • Have your child practice printing their name (starting with an uppercase letter, then lowercase)
  • Reading with your child and asking them questions about what was read
  • Sorting
  • Counting (counting aloud to 10, counting up to 10 objects)

 Encourage independence:

  • Encourage persistence in a task. Encourage your child to calmly ask for help when they cannot find a solution to a problem
  • Leave your child with a trusted adult for a few hours at a time
  • Have your child dress themselves when going outside
  • Expect your child to clean up when they are finished playing

 Invite questions:

  • Give your child confidence to ask questions. Let them know that it is okay to tell an adult if something is hard to understand

More Activities:

  • Sing songs (ABC song, nursery rhymes, days of the week)
  • Draw pictures
  • Colour pictures
  • Trace simple shapes
  • Make simple crafts
  • Play with play dough
  • Use child scissors
  • Lace beads
  • Puzzles
  • Lego
  • Blocks
  • Play outside (running, jumping, climbing, playing with a ball, skipping, etc.)