Resource about kindergarten preparedness with additional resource list. This is a freebie brochure made especially for a elementary school's goals for their new students, emphasizing arts-based activities.

1. KOENIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Eddie is starting to learn.
Eddie is
Eddie counts to five and is
learning to count to ten.
Ready
He prints large capital
letters with pencil and
crayon.
Eddie is matching shapes,
See you at school soon!
colors, and textures.
He makes a collage using
magazine paper, material, Eddie hangs his drawings on the refrigerator
tin foil, feathers, glue, for his people to see and talk about with him.
and scissors.
Further Reading
Why Your Child Needs the Arts Advantage and How You Can Gain It (2000)
http://aep-arts.org./publications/info.htm?publication_id=22
Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement (2006)
http://aep-arts.org./publications/info.htm?publication_id=31
Reference List
Ready at five partnership. (1992). Retrieved from http://
www.readyatfive.org/
The task force on children’s learning and the arts: Birth to age eight. (1998).
Report of the Arts Education Partnership on Young children and the
arts: making creative connections. Retrieved from http://aep-arts.org./
Eddie makes a collage and a story about it to act Illustrations by Joan Schlough
out with his sister. Tel: 920 794 7522
KOENIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Phone: 920-794-7522

2. Eddie can do small things. Eddie is hygienic.
Blows his nose.
Tying
Sneezes in his elbow.
Folding
Uses the bathroom appropriately.
Cutting
Eddie Practices Writing and drawing
Keeps his comb only for his hair.
Washes his hands with soap.
for School
Eddie follows directions. Eddie explores things.
Eddie practices getting ready Picks a story, brings
He feels different textures.
a pillow, and blanket.
for school. Eddie’s mother has been He makes good guesses.
helping him remember that when he is in He pretends.
Eddie takes his dirty
school things are different. “Eduardo,” dishes to the sink.
you have to be patient. There will be
Chooses socks, pants,
other boys and girls, who need to have a and a shirt to wear.
turn to use or say something.” Eddie’s
Practices painting
mother helped him learn to tie his shoes
and setting things up
already. He is very proud of all of the and putting things
Eddie acts out his favorite story. He
small things and the big things he is back. made his own crown with a paper plate.
learning to do. Eddie’s mother said,
“Eduardo, practice a little every day and Eddie knows he will be responsible
then one day things will be easier for to do these things at Koenig
KOENIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
you.” So, that’s how Eddie learned to tie Elementary School.
his shoes and how he is learning to write
I will listen to adults.
his name, hold crayons, and cut with
I will respect materials. 1114 Lowell St. Two Rivers, WI 54241
scissors. Now he is five-years-old and I will raise my hand in class. Phone: 920-794-7522
ready to go to Koenig Elementary I will work well with friends.
I will use my manners.
School.