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Ms. Kristine Cooney-Kaufman
Kindergarten A
Email- KKaufman@gsanutley.org
🎒 Ready for Kindergarten! ✏️
Things Every Kindergartener Should Know
🗣️ Social & Emotional Skills
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Take turns and share with others
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Follow simple directions
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Express feelings with words
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Sit quietly and listen for short periods
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Ask for help when needed
🧠 Thinking & Learning Skills
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Recognize basic shapes and colors
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Identify some letters and sounds
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Count to 10 or higher
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Recognize their own name in print
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Sort objects by size, shape, or color
✍️ Fine Motor Skills
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Hold a pencil or crayon properly
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Use scissors to cut simple shapes
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Trace lines and basic shapes
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Draw a person with a head, body, arms, and legs
🧼 Self-Care Skills
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Use the bathroom independently
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Wash hands properly
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Put on coat, shoes, and backpack
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Clean up after themselves
🗓️ Routines & Readiness
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Follow a daily routine
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Understand classroom rules
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Stay with the group on walks or in line
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Try new activities without frustration
🧡 Every child develops at their own pace.
✨ Encourage curiosity, kindness, and confidence!
Reading Topics -
Alphabet, Letter Sounds, Blending, Phonics, Print Concepts, Fluency, Handwriting, Spelling, Word Analysis, and Vocabulary.
Sorting, Counting, Writing and Ordering Numbers, Counting and Comparing Numbers, Two and Three Dimensional Shapes, Position and Location, Break Apart Numbers, Addition Within 10, Subtraction Within 10, Measurement, Time, and Money
Religion Topics
Learning About God's Love, Growing In God's Love, Sharing God's Love, Celebrating God's Love
Science Topics
Living Things, Our Changing World, Weather and the Sun, Make Things Move
Social Studies Topics
How Do People Learn and Work Together?, Where Do We Live?, What Does It Mean to Be an American? , How Has Our World Changed? , Why Do People Have Jobs?
Extra Help Available Monday and Friday
Enrichment Class Schedule
Monday -Art- Ms. McStay
Tuesday -Music- Ms. Devone
Spanish- Ms. Cornacchia
Wednesday -Library- Ms. Salerno
Thursday -Gym- Mr. Contella
Friday - Computer- Ms. Salerno
