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Recognize their possessions, backpacks, lunchboxes, jackets, etc.
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Gets at least eight hours of sleep each night
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Know the name of many things
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Know if a book is upside down
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Look from left to right when “reading” a book
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Recognize letters of the alphabet
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Begin to write letters of the alphabet
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Recognize their names and are beginning to write their names
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Know the sounds that some letters of the alphabet make
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Hear the first sound in a simple word like “ball”
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Hear words that rhyme in books like
Cat in the Hat
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Show interest in books, turn pages, and pretend to read
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Hold conversations and tell simple stories
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Tell you what they like about a book
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Please be sure your child:
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Receives health checkups at least
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Receives all required immunizations
to enter kindergarten
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