Read the answers to some common questions about kindergarten and the process of transitioning from home or preschool to kindergarten.
Read the answers to some common questions about kindergarten and the process of transitioning from home or preschool to kindergarten.
In Connecticut, children are eligible to attend kindergarten if they are five-years-old on or before January 1st.
For general information on kindergarten in Connecticut, visit Connecticut’s official State Department of Education (SDE) website using this link. You’ll find a brochure which answers some frequently asked questions about entering kindergarten, eligibility, and cut offs for different aged children.
While the compulsory age of school enrollment in Connecticut is five years of age, families of children who are five-years-old can decide not to send their children until they are six or even seven years old. Families who make this decision must go the school district and sign an option form.
While children’s kindergarten attendance at five years is up to parents, the Connecticut State Department of Education strongly encourages families to send their children to kindergarten when they are five-years-old.
Families register their children for kindergarten with their local school district. Generally, school districts promote kindergarten registration widely throughout their communities. There are often community events for kindergarten orientation and registration. Districts provide families with advance knowledge of the various items of information they need to bring to registration, for example, birth certificates, proof of residency, medical forms, etc. The Health Assessment Form (HAR-3) is mandatory for kindergarten children and must have the doctor’s signature and stamp. The required immunizations, physical examinations, and developmental and health screenings are all recorded on this form.
If you are moving into a new community just before school starts or have missed the public promotion of kindergarten activities for some other reason, you can visit your school district’s web site for specific information. Take a look at one district’s web site, Registration-Windsor Public Schools. Scroll down to find kindergarten registration.
Or insert the name of your town and search: ________ public school kindergarten registration.
You can also contact your school district’s central office directly to inquire about how to register your child for kindergarten.
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Child Nutrition Programs offer free and reduced price meals and free milk for income-eligible children. The link above provides information on income eligibility requirements and how to apply.
In some districts, families will receive their child’s classroom assignment from the school district well in advance of the beginning of the school year. In other districts, this information is not available until just before school starts.
Some schools offer some or all of these opportunities as a part of their kindergarten orientation/registration process. If your school doesn’t provide these opportunities, you can contact them directly and request them on an individual basis.
Many kindergarteners enjoy riding the bus. They enjoy their new independence and often, they make new friends that they might not meet otherwise. Generally, teachers will make your child a bus tag that your child must wear for the first few weeks of school. The bus tag ensures that the bus driver knows your child’s stop.
This information is available through your school district or through the school your child will be attending.
The answers to specific questions about your child’s school day will be provided by the school or teacher.
The answers to specific questions about your child’s school day will be provided by the school or teacher.
The answers to specific questions about your child’s school day will be provided by the school or teacher.
The answers to specific questions about your child’s school day will be provided by the school or teacher.
The answers to specific questions about your child’s school day will be provided by the school or teacher.
The answers to specific questions about your child’s school day will be provided by the school or teacher.
Each child comes into kindergarten with different skills. Some are ready to read or reading already, while others are still developing their skills. Kindergarten is a literacy rich environment and provides endless opportunities to develop literacy skills. Literacy activities in kindergarten are set up with many open ended activities to challenge each child at whatever level he/she is learning. The goal is that every child will grow tremendously no matter what their skills at kindergarten entry and will achieve the literacy foundation that will help him/her succeed in first grade and beyond.
Special education is individualized special instruction for young children who have been determined to have a disability. Special education and related services are available to eligible three-, four-, and five-year-old children through the local school district.
A child is eligible if he/she has a significant delay in one or more areas of development, such as learning, speaking, or playing and requires specialized instruction.
Your local school district is required by state and federal law to provide special education services for any three-, or four-, or five-year-old child who is eligible.
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