Vancouver Public Schools’ Kindergarten Jump Start program ... colored and cut out owls in the shape of the letter “O.” Melle Soles, Jump Start coordinator for Martin Luther King Elementary ...

there’s “Jump Start Preschool” and, for kids 3 to 5, there’s “Jump Start Pre-K”. The former works on comprehension, phonics and letter sounds, computer mouse skills, letters and ...

The Jump Start Kindergarten program at Vancouver Public ... such as identifying their name and letters, and be ready to learn when school started. “It really did made a difference,” said ...

Jump Start Kindergarten comes from the idea that early ... Students who are not able to hear letter sounds and identify letters fluently by the end of kindergarten will struggle with reading ...

Unlike the three previously released JumpStart World software titles for kindergarten ... There are 12 learning games, covering letters of the alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors and more.

Some of the skills these soon-to-be kindergartners have been working on include making patterns and practicing their letters ... opportunity to get a jump start on kindergarten, so they can ...

Letter A activities are one of the easiest ways to kick off early literacy, especially with so many familiar words like apple, ant, and alligator to build from. These hands-on ideas help preschool and ...

The children who attended Jump Start Kindergarten seem to be “much more prepared ... teachers use “badging,” where kids don’t get letter grades but badges for different skills and competencies they’ve ...

The first day of grade school will be less scary if you bring your child to a Kindergarten Kickoff ... identifying words that begin with a certain letter,” said Melissa Henderson, senior ...