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 recieve the tools for that age-group. You're allowed one additional guest, 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 Fall workshops opens on Monday, October 28, 2024.
Fall, In-Person - Held on Saturday, November 23, 2024.
*Fall, Virtual - Registration opens on Monday, October 28, 2024, and closes on Friday, November 22, 2024.
We are so excited to announce that we have added the new READY! Social-Emotional Learning Workshops to our yearly program!! - These workshops are in addition to the traditional Fall/Winter/Spring 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 regular 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, 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.**
Fall, 3-4 SEL workshop - Held on Friday evening, December 13, 2024. Registration will open on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.
Our Fall, Winter, and Spring sessions, as well as the new SEL workshops, each provide different tools and information 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!
Virtual Workshop Instructions - ENGLISH ESPAÑOL
Easy Virtual tutorial - ENGLISH ESPAÑOL
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 9.18.2024