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Stacey Kannenberg Gives 7 Academic Tips for Parents of Kindergarteners:

by Britt Michaelian

7 Things Kindergartener's Need to Know Academically:

In the rush to get your child outfitted for that first day of school, don't overlook the value of exposing your child to the Kindergarten curriculum.  These are the 7 things that most Kindergartener's need to know:

The upper case alphabet out of sequence or mixed up. Kids will be asked to name the letters listed, such as: B, D, X, K, J, M, O, etc.
The numbers to 10, out of sequence or mixed up. Kids will be asked to name the letters, listed, such as:  2, 5, 9, 8, 1, 3, 4, etc.
Kids will be asked to identify basic colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple
Kids will be asked to identify basic shapes: circle, diamond, rectangle, triangle, oval and square
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