If you have a child entering Kindergarten this fall, make sure you attend the Welcome to Kindergarten event at your local school.

 

Ashley Roberts, Vice-Principal at Ecole Riverside School, tells us about the purpose of the events.

 

“There are events held at each of the elementary schools throughout the month of June. It’s bringing the families into the school to meet their teachers and become familiar with the school they’re going to be attending in September.

 

During the events they’ll be rotating through a number of stations, focussing on kindergarten skills.”

 

They will be using scissors, listening to a story, building their name with letters and using play-doh for fine motor skills.

 

Roberts discusses some of benefits of attending the Welcome to Kindergarten sessions.

 

“Some of the benefits would be reducing the anxiety of coming into the new school for both the kids attending school in September as well as their parents. They’re going to get to know where their classroom is and the parents will be introduced to some skills they’re going to develop in kindergarten during the event.”

 

To find out about the date and time of the session in your catchment area, go to the school district’s website at mysterynet.mb.ca.

 

Get all the details on Welcome to Kindergarten by listening to the complete Thompson Today interview.

 

Go to thompsononline.ca under Home, click on Audio, then go to the podcast of your choice.