Parent Goals For Kindergarten Students (For The Best Year Ever)

Goals for parents and students for kindergartners should focus on growing a love of learning and strong communication within your family. Kindergarten is a special time to focus on your child as a learner. Strong goals can help your child excel at school and at home.

This article will give you some examples of kindergarten goals as well as walk parents through the steps to set their own goals for their students.

Setting goals for you and your child as you enter Kindergarten can help you track your progress and mark the big transition that is happening.

Powerful Parent Goals for Kindergarten Students

Parent goals for Kindergarten can focus on your relationship with your child or the environment in your home.

It is very powerful to write your own goals, but you can adapt these to suit your family and your child.

Read Daily

Reading to your child daily will strengthen their relationship with you and with books.

The books you choose will expand your child’s understanding of the world, spark their imagination and build their knowledge.

You can find great books lists by visiting your local library or your local library’s website. They often offer book lists by age or interest.

Accept New Friends

Your child will be making new friends at school and they will be very important to your child. Be sure to ask about these friends.

If possible set up a playdate and be sure you are accepting of these friends as they are.

It is easy to feel fear or anxiety as your child gets to know new people, but being calm and accepting will help your child build healthy relationships.

Talk to the Teacher

Every school has a different system for communication with classroom teachers.

Be sure that your information is entered correctly on all contact forms, including a phone number and email address. This makes it easier for a teacher to reach out with communication.

Some parents feel anxiety talking to teachers because of their own negative school experiences. You can start slow by attending back to school nights, open houses or other events hosted by the school.

The school wants to hear from you so make it a regular habit to read all papers that come home and make contact with your child’s teacher.

Kindergarten Student Goals

When considering academically focused goals let’s focus on how we can create an atmosphere of learning at home.

It may be helpful to be familiar with the learning goals for kindergarten.

What is taught in Kindergarten?

You may be considering academic goals for your child in Kindergarten, and that is a great place to start.

The focus in Kindergarten is growing academic and social skills in children.

In Kindergarden your child will learn:

Reading – Kindergarteners will learn all 26 letters and their correct letter sounds, kindergarteners will also learn to recognize high frequency words, sometimes called sight words.

Writing – Your child will learn to write their name and to form all of the 26 letters correctly.

Math – Students will learn to count objects up to 30, do small addition and subtraction problems with numbers less than 10, and they will be able to count up to 100.

Shapes – As part of mathematical thinking students will identify, sort and order shapes according to color and size.

Times and Seasons – Calendar time is a big part of kindergarten and children will learn the days of the week, the seasons of the year and basic concepts related to time.

With this knowledge you can create important goals as a parent that will support your child’s learning at school.

Examples of Kindergarten Student Goals

Take Field Trips

Rather than printing out worksheets for Saturday mornings, plan exciting, educational trips.

These field trips can be very low cost or free. Many local library systems and community centers offer great events for free.

These events may seem too advanced for your child, but they can soak up the atmosphere and you create a family culture of learning. The art exhibit paintings may not be memorable, but going to the gallery with mom or dad will be.

Brains grow and create memories when you have new experiences, so do not be afraid to try something new with your child. This will create a culture of learning and lasting family memories.

Practice Letters In Daily Life

Your child will be learning their letters and you can support this process by pointing out letters as you encounter them in your daily life.

Ask if they recognize any letters on a STOP sign, the uppercase letters may be more familiar to them.

You may also point out the letters in the title of a book you are reading. This casual activity can help your child make the connections between what they are learning and the world around them.

Count Everything

Early math is just as important as early reading. Your child can count the apples on the counter, the tiles on the floor, the crackers in their lunch.

You can also group things by color or size. This is a fun activity and you will find ways to sort and order all the time.

Grab some acorns from the yard and ask if we can put them in groups of big and small. You can use this to practice small addition or subtraction as well.

These simple activities really help students grow their number sense.

If you are uncomfortable with the idea of teaching early math try the book Which One Doesn’t Belong. This simple picture book is a great way to engage in early math.

How to Write Your Own Kindergarten Parent Goals

The most powerful goals you can make for your family will be ones you create yourself.

Start with an Outcome

What do you want to accomplish? Get the exact outcome you are hoping to get from your goal.

Do you want your child to learn to read?

Do you want your child to make great friends? Feel confident at lunch? Remain creative?

Be sure that this is an outcome you can control. Being the smartest kid in class is not something you can control.

Plan Actions

Think about what actions you need to take to accomplish that goal.

If you want your child to learn you read you will need to read to them often and work on letter sounds.

If we are aiming for them to retain their creativity be sure to protect plenty of time for creative play at home.

Check In

These goals should work for you and your child, so be sure to check in often with your child to be sure they are still enjoying the work you are doing together to accomplish these goals.

Kindergarten is an exciting time for parents and kids. There are a few goals that you can work on together to create a successful and memorable year.