Kindergarten Registration

Some of you asked about an update about Kindergarten Registration.  I talked to Mrs. Shields at Canadochaly Elem and this is the information she gave me to pass to you:

Pre-Registration begins in February.  You have two choices:  you can either call Mrs. Shields and give her your name/ address for a pre-registration form to be mailed to you, or you can fill out one of the pre-registration forms I have and return it to me.  I will then return all the forms I have to Mrs. Shields.  She will mail you out a packet of paperwork to fill out and return.  They will begin assigning registration appointments in April (I believe the appointments are in May).

At registration, your child WILL be tested on what they know.  Please don't be nervous about this- the kids in our preschool always do very well at these tests.  This test DOES NOT decide if they are going into kindergarten. Your child will be going to kindergarten no matter how well they do.  The testing is only for the K teachers and are a way for them to get to know your children.

What are some of the things they will test on?


Alphabet recognition and sounds
Number recognition
How high they can count
Can they write their first/ last name
Can they name body parts (this sometimes trips kids up because they use words like jaw, side, hip, etc)
Can they DRAW shapes (square, circle, diamond, rectangle, triangle, heart, oval etc)


When you have been assigned a registration appointment, please let me know.  I will prepare a packet for the k teachers, letting them know about what we have been doing in preschool and testing I have done (in case they have stage fright the day of the test).

Let me know if there is anything I can do to make this process easier!

Mrs. C