Ready, Set, Kindergarten

by Paula Ayer, Danielle Arbour (Illustrator)

Counting and painting and sharing with friends—this girl’s ready for school!
Preparing for kindergarten is a huge step for young children. This encouraging tale of a little girl’s experience touches on the many milestones towards this big goal. The girl can count out plates when she helps Dad set the table. She can call out letters when she walks down the street with Mom. She can even help her stuffies say sorry after they fight. And with a little help from Mom, Dad, her cat, and faithful stuffed mouse, she’s now ready for her new adventure … kindergarten!
In simple, clear language, Ayer gets inside the minds of young readers who might be anxious about starting school. Arbour’s bright, cheery illustrations are the perfect antidote to preschoolers’ jitters.
Parents, children, and educators will find this a tremendously helpful guide when talking about the skills needed for entering kindergarten.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, School, Back To School

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 9, 2015

Reviews

[Andréa]

I would have preferred a more cohesive story rather than a string of concepts expressed in simplistic phrases. The illustrations are appealing, though.

Note: I received a digital galley through NetGalley.

[Anna]

I didn't like this book. It didn't flow right to me even though it rhymed. The illustrations are really cute, but I just didn't like what was being said in the book most of the time. I love the cat illustration throughout the story though. That was really cute.

[Marcia]

A very sweet story of a little girl preparing for kindergarten. She is getting ready--learning to share, learning to ask for help, learning to say I'm sorry. This would be a great book to share with kids heading off to Kindergarten or school for the first time. Really appealing illustrations, too!

[Lisa]

This is fine as a general day-to-day book but it has very little about actual kindergarten; maybe the title is the biggest problem.

[Lynne Wells]

Great beginner book. I read it to my grandson

[Sharon Tyler]

Ready, Set, Kindergarten is a picturebook by Paula Ayer and Danielle Arbour which is currently schedule for release on March 2 2015. This charming tale of a little girl’s experience touches on the many milestones children concur while getting ready and going to school for the first time. The child can count out plates when she helps Dad set the table, call out letters when she walks with Mom, and help her stuffed animals say sorry after they fight. With a little help from Mom, Dad, her cat, and faithful toy mouse, she’s now ready for her new adventure, kindergarten!


Ready, Set, Kindergarten is a picturebook great for families approaching the milestone of kindergarten. It uses clear, simple language and pictures that are colorful and still somehow soothing. It reaches out to parents that might be worried their child is not ready with some things they can do with their child to get them ready, and helps show children that kindergarten is safe, fun, and a great place for learning.

I would recommend Ready, Set, Kindergarten to any family with parents or children worried about being ready for kindergarten. I think it would also be good for use in preschools and day care centers as the children in their care get ready to face kindergarten as well.

[Christine Turner]

Counting and painting and sharing with friends--this girl's ready for school! Preparing for kindergarten is a huge step for young children. This encouraging tale of a little girl's experience touches on the many milestones towards this big goal. The girl can count out plates when she helps Dad set the table. She can call out letters when she walks down the street with Mom. She can even help her stuffies say sorry after they fight. And with a little help from Mom, Dad, her cat, and faithful stuffed mouse, she's now ready for her new adventure ... kindergarten! In simple, clear language, Ayer gets inside the minds of young readers who might be anxious about starting school. Arbour's bright, cheery illustrations are the perfect antidote to preschoolers' jitters. Parents, children, and educators will find this a tremendously helpful guide when talking about the skills needed for entering kindergarten.

Subject: First day of school -- Juvenile fiction.
Kindergarten -- Juvenile fiction.

[Eileen Carter]

Starting school can be a scary experience, not only for the children but the parents. In this story the little girl learns that all this time, each and every day she with her parents help is preparing for that special day. The first day of Kindergarten. The pictures are bright and colorful, which help to keep the readers attention. The wording is simple enough that emergent readers can read this book with little assistance, while non readers will enjoy listening to the story.
I recommend this book for all parents of soon to be kindergarteners to read to their child.

[Ashton]

This is a book I might read to pre-schoolers on the last day of school, because I think that it would be a cute idea to get them ready. It also could be used as an alphabet and a counting book, because within the story the child talks about how she sees letters and she wants to learn more words. Then she talks about how she wants to learn more about counting. This book can really get kids excited for the first day of kindergarten.

[Bailey Bergman]

I really enjoyed this book because it describes a young girl and all her adventures before she starts kindergarten. My goal is to someday become a kindergarten teacher therefore I think this book would be very useful to read to my students on the first day of class.

[Peace_Love_Reading]

The illustrations were cute , however it couldn't keep my sons attention at all.