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LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL: RESOURCES FOR PARENTS
WHAT'S NEW

Newly Revised 2008 Edition!
Getting Ready for Kindergarten

A Guide for Parents

Getting Ready for Kindergarten gives practical tips and background about a child's transition into public schools. It can be adapted to meet specific school, district, or county needs. In California, kindergarten remains the gateway into public education. How well a family understands the school system can make the transition successful or not.  This guide is a useful tool that can help parents and their children take those critical first steps into public schools.

The newly revised guide contains new information on how to make sure a child is ready for school with respect to their oral health. California Law, Education Code Section 49452.8, now requires that children have an oral health assessment (dental check-up) by May 31 in either kindergarten or first grade, whichever is his or her first year in public school. Assessments that have happened within the 12 months before your child enters school also meet this requirement. The law specifies that the assessment must be done by a licensed dentist or other licensed or registered dental
health professional.

This Guide Focuses On:

• What parents can do at home to help their child succeed in school.
• Why is it important for parents to be involved?
• What children learn in kindergarten.
• How to enroll a child.
• How to get a child get ready for the first day.
• Children with learning disabilities or other special needs.
• Resources available in the community to help.
• Finding a good preschool, childcare, or after school program.

Please visit http://hsfo.ucdavis.edu/clearinghouse/catalog/ for more information and additional clearinghouse publication resources. Download an 11-page sample of the Kindergarten Guide in English or Spanish.

If you would like more information or a complimentary preview copy please contact the Center for Community School Partnerships by sending an e-mail entitled Send Kindergarten Guide to the email address listed below.

Contact Staci Garcia at 530-752-0576 or slsteadman@ucdavis.edu
Center for Community School Partnerships
School of Education, University of California at Davis

Clearinghouse Item:
Getting Ready for Kindergarten

A Guide for Parents
Item # 0306 - English; Item # 0305 - Spanish
$5.00 individual copies
Bulk pricing: $2.50 per copy (minimum order of 50).
Credit card purchase option now available.
Purchase orders also accepted.