Kindergarten

Getting Ready for Kindergarten!

Greetings families and future kindergarten students.  Below you will find some resources to assist you as you prepare for kindergarten.

Click here for the  Ready for Kindergarten Brochure.

Click here for the Welcome to Kindergarten Booklet.

Upper Case Letter Practice

Kindergarten students will participate in Fundations, a phonics program. Kindergarteners will be taught how to form letters using this method.

Upper Case Letter Formation Guide

Lower Case Letter Practice

Kindergarten students will participate in Fundations, a phonics program.  Kindergartners will be taught how to form letters using this method.

Lower Case Letter Formation Guide

Fundations Alphabet Chart and Cards

Kindergarten students learn the letters of the alphabet through the Fundations letter/sound cards.  Each letter is associated with a key word and sound. Here, you can find resources for the Fundations alphabet.

Practice by saying the letter name, keyword, and sound!

Fundations A to Z Flash Cards

Fundations Alphabet Chart

Fundations Letter-Keyword-Sound

Skills for Students Entering Kindergarten

Below you will find some skills you can work on with your child during the summer to help create a smoother transition into Kindergarten!

Kindergarten Readiness Skills

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

The North Providence School Department will register children planning to enter Kindergarten in September 2023 starting on March 18, 2023.  Registration packets can be downloaded from the school department’s web site at http://nprovschools.org/archives/634

Click here for informational notice.

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Documents needed for registration include proof of residency (copy of mortgage statement/rental agreement and a copy of a major utility bill), birth certificate, and proof of immunizations: five DTP/DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis) vaccines, four Polio vaccines, two MMR vaccines (measles, mumps, and rubella), three Hepatitis B vaccine series, two Varicella (chickenpox) vaccines or a doctor’s note indicating that your child has had chickenpox, lead screening test, and a physical exam.  The child must also have a vision screening upon entering Kindergarten. (This screening may be done during a regular health exam check-up).  Any student entering from out of the country must present evidence of a recent PPD (Mantoux test for Tuberculosis).

Children must be five years of age on or before September 1, 2023, to be eligible to enter Kindergarten.