Kindergarten Readiness!
Stepping Forward
“Lose Yourself”: If you had one shot, one
opportunity to seize everything you ever
wanted in one moment, would you capture
it or just let it slip? You only only get one shot,
do not miss your chance… opportunity
comes once in a lifetime.
The Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading created Kindergarten
Readiness Bags to provide learning support for incoming kindergarteners in
the months before school begins so that children can start school ready to learn.
The generous support of The Patterson Foundation, Rotary Clubs, Charlotte
Community Foundation, and the School District of DeSoto County, allowed for
Title 1 students in Manatee County and all incoming kindergarteners in Charlotte,
DeSoto, and Sarasota counties, to receive Kindergarten Readiness Bags.
Each Kindergarten Readiness Bag toolkit includes:
• Alphabet ashcards
• First-word ashcards
• Number ashcards
• Color and shape ashcards
• English Alphabet Literacy Chart
• Set of lower-case magnetic alphabet letters
• Set of upper-case magnetic alphabet letters
• Pad of drawing paper
• Picture book
• Vroom information
• Mind in the Making information
• Kindergarten Readiness Checklist for parents
• Kindergarten Readiness Parent Guide
• Information from Attendance Works about Attendance in
the Early Grades
• A “magic” postcard (a prepaid postcard that when
returned will prompt the mailing of another age-appropriate
book to the family)
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