ECE

Kindergarten

Calendars

Locations

Early Education Department Staff

Goals and Mission

Early Education Department
1330 Fox Street 3rd Floor
720-423-8212 Phone
720-423-8213 Phone
720-423-8208 Phone
720-423-8260 Fax

Kindergarten Parents

Parents often ask what they can do to help their children at home . Here are some suggestions on how they can support their child's learning.

• Let your child know how much your love and value him/her.
• Provide opportunities for your child to see you reading, both for enjoyment and for information.
• Read to your child every day. Children love to hear their favorite stories over and over again. Get a library card and go to the library weekly.  Discuss the books after you have read them.
• Encourage your child to ask questions. Answer them in language your child can understand.
• Talk with your child about daily activities, trips, and special events that happen in your child's life.
• Display your child's school work in a prominent place.
• Take your child as many places as possible -- shopping, to the zoo, the airport, local parks, etc.
• Provide learning materials for your child such as books, paints, scissors, paper, crayons, and pencils.
• Encourage your child to wash, dress, and take care of his/her personal needs.
• Teach your child their birthdate, address and phone number.
• Supervise closely what your child watches on television. Violent and/or sexually explicit films (including the daily "soap operas") are inappropriate for your children.
• Limit the time your child watches television.
• Provide rules that are fair, reasonable, and easy for your child to understand.
• Teach your child the letters in their first and last names and how to write them.
• Help your child learn their colors.
• Sing songs and say nursery rhymes.
• Play games (card games and board games as well as outside games)
• Count objects together.