“Bring a Principal to Your Head Start” Celebration
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The transition to kindergarten involves preparing young children and their families for the move from early childhood programs to elementary school.
Resources in this collection focus on enhancing parent–child relationships, facilitating effective transitions, partnering with local schools, planning collaboration meetings, preparing for school visits, and more.
Explore “Bring a Principal to your Head Start” Celebration
Explore this simulation to practice relationship-building between a Head Start coordinator and a special education team leader from a receiving public school.
Explore strategies to support transitions from Early Head Start up to kindergarten. Discover how professional development and relationships between Head Start programs and receiving schools support the process.
View this video to learn how Head Start programs can partner with receiving elementary schools to provide stability and consistency for children and families transitioning to kindergarten.
More than 320,000 Head Start children enter kindergarten every year. When Head Start programs and receiving schools partner on school readiness, children have smoother transitions and continued progress.
Making a transition to a new care and learning setting can have an impact on families. Explore ways to support and help families feel secure as they get ready to make the move to a new setting.
This webinar reviews the importance of helping children transition from preschool or Head Start to kindergarten. It also shares successful strategies to help children, families, and teachers during this time.
For children transitioning out of Head Start Preschool, programs are required to collaborate with families and local education agencies and develop strategies to ensure a successful transition to kindergarten.
Review the standards for developing community partnerships and coordinating with other early childhood programs through memoranda of understanding, quality rating and improvement systems, and data.
A New Mexico Head Start Program describes – in this video- how prepares children and families for their transition to Kindergarten through strong partnerships.