Success StoryCountdown to Kindergarten Progression



Countdown to Kindergarten Progression

Author: Jessica Morris

Planning Unit: Wolfe County CES

Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum

Plan of Work: Developing Leadership, Citizenship, Heath & Life Skills Among Youth

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Over the last 4 years, Wolfe County 4-H has partnered with the two local Family Resource Centers to provide the Countdown to Kindergarten program to get incoming kindergartners ready for school. When we started, 31% of incoming 5 year olds were ready for school. We developed a program that teaches them the skills they need in order to be deemed kindergarten ready but successful as well. They attend 5 sessions with their parents from January to June. Then in July we have the students only for 5 sessions. During those sessions the students participate in a mini school day where they learn and gain skills to get them ready. When this years results were released we have increased our percentage of students who are deemed Kindergarten ready by 11.5%. In addition to that wonderful increase, all students who attended our sessions were deemed kindergarten ready. 






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