Is your child ready for kindergarten? Should you wait another year before sending him or her to kindergarten? What else can you do to help prepare your children for success? The Kindergarten Readiness Guide, based directly on national and state kindergarten standards, gives both parents and teachers a valuable tool to help young children achieve success in kindergarten and beyond. The Kindergarten Readiness Guide includes: Easy to follow instructions that allow you to work one-on-one with your child to determine exactly what s/he knows; Checklists to track their progress; Simple, fun teaching suggestions for home and school to improve over 100 important skills in Reading, Writing, Math, Speaking and Listening, Motor Skills, and Social/Emotional Development; Answers to frequently asked questions about kindergarten and preschool; and Lists of recommended books, websites, DVDs, and educational software. The Kindergarten Readiness Guide helps parents take their child's education into their own hands. Reading this book and implementing the simple strategies within is a big step toward ensuring that a child's kindergarten year will be a happy, successful, and stress-free one for both parent and child."