ABOUT READY! for Kindergarten

When it comes to early learning, children learn best through engagement with people they love and trust. READY! For Kindergarten® workshops encourage parents to engage with their children through talking, singing, reading, and playing. These simple activities foster essential pre-literacy, pre-math, and social-emotional skills all children need to enter Kindergarten prepared to learn.

READY! for Kindergarten® provides workshops and take-home materials and tools, to inspire and empower parents and caregivers to help babies and young children develop strong brain connections that determine how they will think, learn, and grow.

Parents and caregivers attend a series of workshops each year, based on when their child will enter Kindergarten. They learn new skills and helpful tips to nurture development in ways that foster academic skills and personal behaviors to boost children’s motivation, perseverance, and engagement in learning.

Created by the Children’s Reading Foundation, our curriculum is based on current research and replicates what parents and educators of successful students have done to help young children learn for years.

As a project of Idaho AEYC, we are able to provide workshop hosts with the training and materials needed to offer these high-quality parent workshops FREE OF CHARGE to families across Idaho, with funding from various grants and generous donors. In addition, we will help connect parents to workshops in their community, typically hosted by various schools, libraries, childcare facilities, and other community-based organizations. These workshops are for IDAHO parents and caregivers only. One age level, per child, per year.

  • HOST A WORKSHOP

    Interested in bringing READY! For Kindergarten® to your community? Reach out and we’ll help you get started.

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  • REGISTER FOR A WORKSHOP

    For parents and care-givers of children from birth to age five - find a workshop happening in your community and register today! If you have multiple children, you can register for more than one age level but an adult needs to be present in each age level to be eligible for the kit.

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  • Adrian Amo

    PROJECT DIRECTOR

    Adrian is the Project Director for the READY! For Kindergarten Program at IAEYC. She is a compassionate educator and community advocate with experience in supporting programs for divested individuals. Adrian’s experience as an Early Childhood and Elementary Education professional lends well to supporting the continuance and further development of the READY! For Kindergarten Program, which serves the youngest members of our community. She is an active board member of the Maple Grove PTO in the Boise School District and is currently serving as President for the third consecutive year. Adrian received her B.S. in Early Childhood Education from Western Oregon University.

  • Stacey Poirier

    ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST

    Stacey is the Administrative Associate for the READY! for Kindergarten Project. She works closely with the Project Director to coordinate the administrative needs of the Ready! for Kindergarten and Sharing Stories Projects. She has worked in education for 15+ years in various roles. She was a substitute teacher and then taught high school for 5 years. She then moved to middle school as an all-school tutor, supporting students and teachers in a more one-on-one capacity. She was also an EDGE Coach, working with students with executive function deficiencies and helping them to succeed both in and out of the classroom. Her most recent position was as an Elementary School Secretary. She graduated from the University of Washington where she double majored in English and History.