what else to teach a 3.5 year old so he is ready for kindergarten?

These are things I test for at the beginning of the school year in 1st grade, but as far as I'm concerned, the earlier they become familiar and comfortable with these things, the more confident they are when they are in school.

ABC's - Letter recognition as well as sounds for letters (and if he can write them too, GREAT!)

cutting with scissors- simple shapes like squares/circles/triangles (Obviously don't give a 3.5 yr old real scissors, but there are scissors to practice with that for instance ONLY cut through paper)

counting to 20, letter recognition to 20, number order

You sound like you're doing a great job getting him prepared!

Hope this helps! Good Luck!

don't worry about words quite yet ...it's a little premature since he doesn't know his letters. He's gotta come up with his own invented spelling first before developmentally he finds that letters form words.

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Well I first of all suggest to not take him to preschool since he seems like he's doing right already! I didn't take preschool and I knew more than most haha.

I suggest teaching:

Some stuff about outer space, maybe go up to 20 or so in numbers, dinosaurs are a huge plus, animals are also great! A few reading skills, don't go too far though because then it get confusing and kids should learn the skill in kinder anyways. Alphabet is a major must. Spanish is always and extra plus and a good show off. Even drawing is a good idea or memerizing songs. The memerzing helps develop study skills and drawing some better art skills though it might not be all his passion. Keep up the colors, especially more different ones. Manners and names of food can come in handy too!

He seems great! I suggest just to keep up teaching him at home to save some money and get him smarter. Also, Sesame Street and educational TV shows teach more than expected.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

Get flash cards that have good pictures for each letter sound. Practice each night, right before bed, just for a couple minutes. Kids will do this just to stay awake. Once your son knows each of the letter sounds, well, begin teaching phonics. Make sure he knows all the letter sounds, very well, before progressing to anything, else.

This will be easy. Make little flip cards or little card charts with rhyming words.First, teach the word, "at", and the words connected with, at. Make the at one color, and the beginning letter a different color:

bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat.

After your son has mastered the "at" words, work with it, ot, et, and ut words. Don't rush it. Do this slowly, or he will resist the teaching. Make sure it is fun for him, or put it down for another time.

After he has learned these, get the Dr. Seuss books such as, "Hop on Pop", "Go, Fish, Go", and so on.

Make sure he has the opportunity to play with other children, routinely.

Many kindergartens expect to see a child able to use child-safe scissors. Work on fine and gross motor skills and his letter recognition/ABCs and colors. That includes lacing... if you want you can get ABC or truck/animal "beads". I know the brand Alex as well as Melissa and Doug has them.

He still has another year or so until Kindergarten though, depending on the cut off date. He'll have to be 5 before the cut off date before entering kindergarten.

For Pre-K, I'd say he's on track.

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It isn't just about what he knows. He need to be able to socialize. Listen to directions from someone other than his parents. Let others have a turn. Wait his turn. Wait in line. And he has 1.5 to get there. any kind of class is good for him right now. Sunday school, AWANAS, local art, or dance class. check out your park district for classes for his age go to a major book store and get some pre-K workbooks. alphabets magnets for the fridge is a good idea. Work on craffts with him. let him paint. get him to color inside the lines (still too young now)

Each school district has a different kindergarten exam. You should call and ask what you should do to prepare your child. As a preschool teacher, here are some things that we work with on our children that may or may not apply to you:

Writes first and last name

Reads small words (it, to)

Identifies all letters and their sounds

Using words rather than actions to solve problems

Manners

Like I said, call the school and see what specifically they test.

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