{"id":13,"count":17,"description":"Miss Jenny's thoughts on Kindergarten Readiness, Early literacy skills, and fun parenting tips and tricks. \r\n\r\nWelcome to Counting Down to Kindergarten! \r\nWelcome to our Counting Down to Kindergarten program. This Schuylerville Public Library program is dedicated to helping our young children reach all their academic potential by offering a free preschool here at the library. This class meets twice a week and requires registration. You can register by clicking\u00a0here. The class is taught by me, Jenny Edwards, a preschool teacher and also the author of this blog. I have over ten years experience teaching preschool, have taught in a variety of school settings, and I am a mother if six children.  This program features the academic and social skills your child will need prior to entering Kindergarten. Each week is based upon a theme. The program has a set routine: First, there is a circle time where Miss Jenny reads stories, sings, teaches finger plays, and gives instruction to the whole group. Then, the children and their parents break up and explore the various stations. The stations also follow the theme, and each station focuses on developing various preschool level skills. Some of these skills are: early literacy, name recognition, letter recognition, counting, number recognition, name, letter, and number writing, playing cooperatively, taking turns, exploring through the senses, fine motor skills, and art exploration.  This program is designed for children ages 3 to 5. If your child will turn 3 prior to September of the school year, please join us. Siblings are also welcome to attend. ","link":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/category\/counting-down\/","name":"Counting Down to Kindergarten","slug":"counting-down","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/13"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/schuylervillelibrary.sals.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}