Jumping into Kindergarten

by Julia Cook and Laura Jana

Starting kindergarten represents a major milestone in the lives of young children (and their parents!). It’s an important step into the unknown that, while exciting, can also be the cause of nervous anticipation for everyone involved. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be scary! Today’s technology-driven world is complex and changing rapidly. As it does, the expectations of what our children need to know when they enter kindergarten have changed as well. There is growing anxiety around how to define and instil a new and improved set of school-readiness skills that will best help them to succeed. In this fun, creative story from best-selling authors Julia Cook and Laura Jana, parents and educators can more clearly understand the important connection that exists between everyday behaviours and the foundational development of valuable, 21st-century life skills during early childhood.