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School Readiness
By Mary Ann Rafoth, PhD, NCSP, Erin L. Buchenauer,
Katherine Kolb Crissman, & Jennifer L. Halko
Indiana University of Pennsylvania

 

Characteristics of "ready children"

Resources

Crosser, S. (1998). He has a summer birthday: The kindergarten entrance age dilemma . ERIC Digest . (Eric Document Reproduction Service No. ED423079 98). Available: http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content5/kindergarten.entrance.html.

Dinwiddie, S. (1999). Kindergarten readiness. Available: http://www.kidsource.com/better.world.press/kindergarten.html.

Golant, S., & Golant, M. (1999). Kindergarten: It isn't what it used to be (3 rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 077302534

Nurss, J. (1987). Readiness for kindergarten . ERIC/EECE Digest . Available: http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/readiness_for_k.html .

 

Website

National Association for the Education of Young Children- www.naeyc.org
See Position Statement on School Readiness and Signs of Quality Programs

 

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Mary Ann Rafoth, PhD, NCSP, is Professor and Chair of the Educational and School Psychology Department at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Erin Buchenauer, MEd, and Katherine Kolb Crissman, MEd, are students in the
School Psychology Program at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Jennifer L. Halko is a student in the Master's in Educational Psychology Program at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
This article is adapted from a handout by the authors, included in Helping Children at Home and School II: Handouts for Families and Educators (2004, National Association of School Psychologists) and is provided by NASP.
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