Starting School Kit Printable, Big School and Kindergarten Readiness, First Day Signs, Countdown, Picture Story

A printable kit to help your child get ready for their first year of school: a countdown, a morning chart, picture cards, a skills checklist, a short picture story, an All About Me page for the teacher, first day and last day photo signs and a certificate.

You get two versions in one purchase. The Australian / New Zealand file uses "big school", morning tea, hat and sunscreen and Australian spelling. The US file uses "kindergarten", snack time and US spelling.

WHAT YOU GET

• Countdown to Big School (or Countdown to Kindergarten): 20 circles to colour, one each day

• My School Morning: 8 picture steps with a tick for Monday to Friday

• 12 My School Day picture cards: say goodbye, line up, assembly, circle time, writing, reading, morning tea, playground, lunch, drink water, ask for help, home time

• I Can Do It! 10 everyday skills with Not yet, Learning and I can! boxes

• My Big School Story: a picture story in 8 short parts (2 pages)

• Pack My School Bag checklist, Monday to Friday

• All About Me page for the teacher

• How Was My Day? 8 feeling faces and 4 questions to talk about the day

• Super Starter certificate for the first week

• Australian / New Zealand file: 8 photo signs: My First Day of Big School, Kindergarten, Prep, Reception, Pre-primary and Transition, and My Last Day of Preschool and Kindy

• US file: 6 photo signs: My First Day of Kindergarten, Pre-K, Preschool and School, and My Last Day of Preschool and Pre-K

• 2 PDF files: Australia / New Zealand (A4, 18 pages) and US (US Letter, 16 pages)

• 1 printing guide (PDF)

HOW TO USE

Step 1: Print the file for your country at 100% scale. Card stock works best for the photo signs and cards.

Step 2: Start the countdown about 4 weeks before school and read the picture story together.

Step 3: Practise the skills on the I Can Do It! page in everyday play.

Step 4: Take a first day photo with your sign, then celebrate the first week with the certificate.

PLEASE NOTE

• This is a digital download. No physical item will be shipped.

• The files are PDFs and are not editable. You write on the printed pages.

• Colours may look slightly different depending on your screen and printer.

• Every child is different. This is a support tool, not medical or therapeutic advice. Talk to your child's teacher about anything that worries you.

• The illustrations were created by me with the help of AI image tools, then selected, checked one by one and laid out for print by hand.

TERMS OF USE

For personal, classroom and therapy use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own home, class or clients. Files may not be resold, shared or redistributed.

If there is any problem with your files, send me a message and I will fix it for you. This does not affect your rights under consumer law.