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Our Class is in a Texas wide program called Texas School Ready. This program is designed to get our students ready to enter Kindergarten next year. I go to classes for 2 hours every two weeks to learn more things to do to help the children and we have a mentor that comes to our class once a month to help me and the kids get prepared.

What is Texas School Ready!™? Texas School Ready!™ is a program that certifies preschool education classrooms that effectively prepared their students for kindergarten. Texas School Ready!™ is based on the actual linking between: >
 * the quality instructional practices that must be in place in a preschool program to get children ready for kindergarten AND
 * the children actually achieving scores showing they were on track in the areas of reading and social skills when they went to kindergarten.

Why is Texas School Ready!™ certification important? The Texas State Center for Early Childhood Development, housed in the Children’s Learning Institute at the University of Texas-Houston, has very in-depth experience in conducting early education research. Our research and the research in the field at large shows clearly that if children do not experience a high quality preschool program that focuses on getting them ready for school, they will often have trouble when they go to kindergarten.

What kinds of preschool classrooms are Texas School Ready!™? Preschool classroom are classrooms in which children will be attending kindergarten the following school year. Types of preschool classrooms include: You can find out much more about Texas School Readiness on their web site located at: []
 * Licensed (profit, non-profit and faith based) child care
 * School district and charter school pre-kindergarten
 * Head Start

This is an excellent program in preparing your child to be ready for public schools next year.