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Get ready for school
Starting school can be challenging, so we’ve created resources to help your little ones prepare for starting school.
Borrow our free Get Ready for School pack
We stock free book bags aimed at families with children who are about to start school for the first time.
The Get Ready for School with Suffolk Community Libraries pack is filled with reassuring and confidence-building stories about the school day, along with a useful fact book and an information booklet to help you prepare for this next step.
Each pack contains:
- Information leaflet with advice on getting ready for school
- Useful tips on learning to read
- A selection of books to help make children feel positive about starting school.
Starting school is an exciting time but it can be daunting too. With a little preparation and encouragement, most children will settle in easily at school, ready to learn and discover.
School readiness is about making sure your child has the skills and information they need before they start school. This includes:
- Building resilience and emotional readiness to learn, socialise and get their needs met.
- Understanding early years subjects such as shapes, numbers, the alphabet, opposites and colours.
- Social skills such as good behaviour and sharing.
- Personal care skills like using the toilet and healthy eating.
Libraries also run lots of activities for pre-schoolers to help with making friends, speech and language, listening skills and following instructions. Browse our events for at toddlers and children.
Recommended books
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.
All of these books are free to borrow with your library card.
Get Ready for School: Back to School
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.Busy Nursery Angela Rozelaar Busy Nursery has easy-to-handle mechanisms making it perfect for young,...
Get Ready for School: Making Friends
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.Miss Molly's School of Making Friends Laura Cowan The thought of making new friends turns Kerry...
Get Ready for School: Alphabet
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.Love ABC Jannie Ho Learn your ABC with this love-themed alphabet book! Make learning full of love...
Get Ready for School: Colours
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.True or False: Colours Do brown hens lay pineapples, do clowns drive red fire engines or do orange...
Get Ready for School: Getting dressed
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.Let's Get Ready for School Jane Porter Starting school can be a great adventure, but it can make you...
Get Ready for School: Good behaviour
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.Tiger, Don't Worry! Daishu Ma In this heart-warming tale of friendship, responsibility and courage,...
Get Ready for School: Numbers
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.123 Count With Me Georgie Birkett Introduce children to the numbers 1 through 20 and the early...
Get Ready for School: Shapes
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.Baby Diplodocus Finds Shapes Nicola Carthy Little ones will love learning about all the shapes in...
Get Ready for School: Opposites
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.Animal Opposites This series features high-contrast board books bursting with vibrant neon colours,...
Get Ready for School: Starting school or nursery
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school. Find more resources on preparing for school, including recommended books and a loanable school pack.Get Ready for School! Rachel Accurso Based on the viral Sesame Street collaboration with YouTube...
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