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From early childhood to primary school • Tools to assist your child for a harmonious transition
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The importance of a harmonious first transition
The start of a great adventure!
A harmonious transition into preschool will have an impact on the next transitions, from primary to secondary school, and from secondary to post-secondary. It will also have a real effect on your child’s motivation and engagement in school, two essential factors of school perseverance.
List of tools
Find tools to assist your child for a harmonious transition into preschool and primary school.
Timeline • What to do, and when? (French only)
TransitionsScolaires.ca
Your child will turn 5 before the upcoming September 30?
As parents, see everything you can do in the year and months before the start of preschool on the TransitionsScolaires.ca timeline.
Subscribe to the timeline to receive reminders!
Towards preschool
Transition chatterboxes (CRÉPAS) (French only for the moment)
How to play with the chatterbox?
- Print, cut out and fold the chatterbox
- Ask your child to choose a fish colour
- Open the chatterbox one way, then the other way, while spelling the colour (if they choose the blue fish, open it four times while spelling: B-L-U-E)
The emotions chatterbox
Use it a few months before school starts to help them recognize their emotions.
The start of school year chatterbox
Use it in the weeks before the start of the school year to help them become more familiar with their new routine.
The talkative chatterbox
Use it after their first days in preschool to measure their level of adaptation to their new physical, social and human environment.
The three chatterboxes activity sheet
Do you remember how to fold a chatterbox?
Here is a short video to remind you
*An initiative from our colleagues in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, CRÉPAS.
Alloprof Parents • Ready for kindergarten!
Tips, tools and hints from Alloprof Parents to adapt to your needs
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Ouvrons ensemble les portes de l’école ! (TREM) (French only)
Do you know what is necessary before your child start preschool?
Here are questions parents frequently ask.
Click on the question you want to read about to download the fact sheet:
Doit-il être capable d’écrire son nom et connaître l’alphabet ?
Doit-il être capable de s’habiller seul ?
Doit-il aller aux toilettes seul et être propre ?
Doit-il savoir tenir un crayon et découper ?
Est-il important pour vous d’échanger de l’information avec l’école ?
AIDE-MÉMOIRE – Résumé des 8 questions
An initiative from our colleagues in the Mauricie region, TREM.
Bonjour la maternelle! Fiche pour aider votre enfant à bien vivre sa transition (TREM) (French only)
Welcome to preschool! Fact sheet to help your child in a successful transition (TREM) (French only)
Your child will be going through changes related to:
- the way they function in their environment
- their social relationships
- the way they learn
In this downloadable fact sheet, you will find information to help you better understand these changes and ideas to help your child properly experience them.
Download the fact sheet (French)
An initiative from our colleagues in the Mauricie region, TREM.
Vers le primaire
Alloprof Parents – Back-to-School Toolkit (Primary school)
Towards primary school
Hand out to parents – Back-to-school Toolkit for parents (Primary) (Alloprof Parents)
This kit was designed by the Alloprof Parents team to provide parents with a range of essential resources and tools to make their day-to-day life easier during the start of the school year.
It includes their favourite resources, including:
- printable tools
- articles
- topic pages
- and much more!
Goodbye preschool! Hello primary school! Fact sheet to help your child in a successful transition (TREM) (French only)
Your child will be going through changes related to:
- the way they function in their environment
- their social relationships
- the way they learn
In this downloadable fact sheet, you will find information to help you better understand these changes and ideas to help your child properly experience them:
Download the fact sheet (French)
An initiative from our colleagues in the Mauricie region, TREM.