Kristen J. Amundson has written about parents in education for more than two decades. She is a former teacher, a former school board member, and a former state legislator. Her other parent publications include Parents: Partners in Education and 106 Ways Parents Can Help Their Children Do Better in School. She also writes frequently on education issues for the Washington Post.
Introduction The New Kindergarten Classroom What Do We Know About
Readiness? The Impact of Preschool An Investment in the Future What Parents
Can Do More Than the Three "R's" Talk, Listen, Love Immunize Your Child
Socialize Your Child Build Coordination Promote Responsibility Raise a
Reader Limit "Screen Time" Develop Self-Control What to Look For in a
Kindergarten Visit Make Learning-and School-Sound Fun Does "Academic
Redshirting" Give Children the Gift of Time Five Ways to Ease the First Few
Weeks of School What Schools Can Do Ready Communities Conclusion References
