The READY! Kindergarten program is offered through the Tacoma Public Schools. This program is a series of three different classes designed to help parents prepare their 3- or 4-year-old child for kindergarten, and is offered free to parents who live within the boundaries of Tacoma’s Title I schools.
The Title 1 schools that are participating are Arlington, Blix, Boze, Bryant, Edison, Fawcett, Fern Hill, Franklin, Lister, Lyon, Manitou Park, Mann, McCarver, McKinley, Reed, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Stafford, Stanley and Whitman elementary schools, and First Creek, Jason Lee or Gray middle schools.
READY! Kindergarten provides free child care and a free meal for the family, and it is an opportunity for parents to ensure that their 3- or 4-year-old will have those all-important kindergarten readiness skills. Each of the three sessions focuses on a specific skill set, and parents will be given different “tools” at the end of each session to use at home with their child. The “tools” are toys and fun activities the parent and child can do together that help the child with letter recognition, matching, numbers and many other valuable skills.
These classes will be Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoons at Blix, McCarver and Stafford elementary schools and the Madison complex. There will be separate classes for parents of 3- and 4-year-olds, and classes will be available in Spanish as well as English.
To register for the READY! Kindergarten program, go to your nearest above mentioned Title I school for a registration form, or call 253.571.1865. If you or someone you know is a parent of a preschooler, please share this information with them. Register now for upcoming classes.