Welcome to South Kitsap School District's READY! for KINDERGARTEN program!
Any parent, guardian, or childcare provider living within the boundaries of South Kitsap School District can attend this FREE training. Families outside of South Kitsap, please check the Ready! for Kindergarten website for the program nearest you!
Did you know....
From birth to age 5, a child learns faster than at any other time in his or her life! Those early learning experiences influence success in school and beyond. Data shows students who start school ahead, stay ahead. Learn what you can do to nurture a child's development in their earliest years, preparing their minds for all future learning.
Our READY! workshops provide age-appropriate targets and training in the areas of language and literacy, math and reasoning, and social-emotional understanding. Purposeful play and 20 minutes of daily read-aloud make a difference that lasts a lifetime.
What does South Kitsap's Ready! for Kindergarten program offer our families?
We offer both in-person and virtual options each session, three sessions per year (Fall, Winter, and Spring). All workshops are age-specific, and are offered in 0-1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, and 4-5 groupings.
Virtual workshops are open for one month each session. Once your registration is approved, you have until the end-date to complete the course, then you can choose from two different pick-up dates. You are allowed to sign up for multiple workshops if you have children in different age groups!
In-Person workshops are held one Saturday each session. An adult must be present in each workshop you enroll in for you to receive the tools for that age-group. You may invite one additional guest to accompany you, and free childcare is available for children 13 months to 12 years old! If you have completed a virtual workshop for another child, you can pick up your kit before you leave that day.
Registration for both the In-Person and Virtual Winter workshops opens on Monday, April 14, 2025.
Spring, In-Person - Held on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Orchard Heights Elementary.
*Spring, Virtual - Registration opens on Monday, April 14, 2025, and closes on Friday, April 16, 2025. We will not have Saturday pick-up this season, and will instead do Tuesday (May 20th) and Thursday (May 22nd). Confirmation and further details will be sent upon completion of your survey(s) at the end of the workshop.
Additionally, we are also now offering the new READY! Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Workshops during the year!! - These workshops are in addition to the core Ready! workshops we already offer, and are specifically geared toward children about to enter kindergarten in the next 1-2 years (ages 3-5 years old). Parents are welcome, and encouraged, to take both the SEL and core Ready! workshops. The SEL workshops began as, and will remain, in-person only. There will be two options throughout the year to attend. This Fall, we will offer the 3-4, and in the Spring we will offer the 4-5. Our SEL workshops are structured very similarly to the regular in-person workshops. You are allowed to bring one guest, if you'd like, and free childcare is available for children 13 months to 12 years old.
**Seating is limited! Sign up as soon as possible once registration opens, but please remember to contact us if something comes up and you're unable to make it so we can open that seat for another family.**
SEL workshop for children ages 4-5 - Registration will open on Monday, April 7, 2025, the workshop will be held on May 9, 2025. In-Person Only at Hidden Creek Elementary.
Our CORE Fall, Winter, Spring, and both SEL workshops provide unique tools and information each session that build the foundation to help get your child READY! for Kindergarten.
*If you have more than one child eligible for READY!, you may consider doing either both in-person workshops, or doing the virtual workshop for one age group and in-person for the other. If you have any questions about this please do not hesitate to reach out!
We look forward to your attendance this year at our virtual or in-person sessions! Contact information is below if you encounter any trouble registering your child(ren).
South Kitsap School District
Lisa Freeman
freeman@skschools.org
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Lisa Freeman
freeman@skschools.org
Page updated 4.10.25