Free Play and Learn Kindergarten Readiness Workshop Series
| Location | Time | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Ignacio Public Library 470 Goddard Ave Ignacio, CO 81137 | 10:00am 1st Tuesday of the month October 2025 - April 2026 | 10/7, 11/14, 12/2, 2/3, 3/3, 4/7 |
| Pine River Library 395 Bayfield Center Dr Bayfield, CO 81122 | 2:00pm 2nd Monday of the month October 2025 - April 2026 | 10/13, 11/10, 12/8, 2/9, 3/9, 4/13 |
| Fort Lewis Mesa Library 11274 CO-140 Hesperus, CO 81326 | 10:00am 2nd Tuesday of the month September 2025 - April 2026 | 9/9, 10/14, 11/11, 2/10, 3/10, 4/14 |
| Sunnyside Library 75 County Road 218 Durango, CO 81303 | 10:00am 2nd Wednesday of the month September 2025 - April 2026 | 9/10, 10/8, 11/12, 2/11, 3/11, 4/8 |
| Durango Public Library 1900 E 3rd Ave Durango, CO 81301 | 11:00am 3rd Tuesday of the month September 2025 - April 2026 | 9/19, 10/21, 11/18, 2/17, 3/17,4/21 |
What is kindergarten readiness?
Kindergarten readiness is a way to describe the things a child should know and be able to do when they start kindergarten. These skills and abilities are related to different areas of child development, including:
- Health and physical skills
- Motor skills
- Social and emotional development
- Language skills
- Approaches to learning
- General knowledge
There’s a lot to learn in that first year of school, and in addition to the lessons and activities, a kindergarten classroom also has schedules and directions to follow, lines to stand in and other children to get along with. So kids need social and behavioral skills — like independence, curiosity, and self-control — as much as they need early academic skills — like counting or knowing some of the letters in their name.
Knowing their letters and numbers is helpful, for sure, but based on our understanding of early brain development, the skills that are most important for success in school — and in life — are things like communication, problem solving and working well with others. These skills start developing from birth and throughout the first five years, when a child’s brain grows faster than at any other time in life. Kids keep learning and developing in later years too, but early childhood lays the foundation for their future learning.
What can I do to help my child be ready for kindergarten?
