3's Back-to-School Preschool Readiness Skills

Things to work on before entering the Preschool 3’s program.  

• Children must be able to use the restroom independently without assistance
• Wash hands with soap and water
• Change their clothes without help if they have an accident

• Practice using a pencil, crayon, or marker correctly
• Practice using scissors
• Practice using a glue stick
• Recognize some letters of the alphabet
• Recognize some numbers up to 10
• Recognize some colors
• Recognize some basic shapes
• Reading with your child for 15 to 20 minutes a day

• Start learning how to put on a jacket or coat by themselves
• Start learning how to unzip, unpack, and pack their backpack
• Using their words to express their wants or needs