School readiness at home
Home practice is breakfast, the bag and the door — not a mini-school at the dining table. Tick the checklist over a week of ordinary days, not the best afternoon.
Written by the Inclusive Developmental and Therapy Center therapy team · medically reviewed by Dr Muhammad Suffyan, MB BS (GMC 8023727) · Last reviewed September 2026
What to tick
The checklist and the parent guide. Coaching can watch the door live: parent coaching.
Pre-reading at home
Sounds in play, a story sit, pencil control if the hand is ready. Akasha: literacy readiness. Not a crash course in the alphabet.
Ordinary days, not the best afternoon
Tick the checklist over a week. A skill they have once on a good day is not a skill they have. The door is the exam.
Parent guide: school readiness. Coaching: parent coaching.
Letters at the dining table
If they freeze at school and recite ABC at home, letters were never the whole job. Sitting and a goodbye are. Pre-reading when kind: Akasha on literacy.
Other pages in this programme
At home — questions parents ask
Should we delay school a year?
Sometimes. That is a judgement after assessment, not a rule from a checklist alone.
They know ABC at home and freeze at school.
Then sitting and a goodbye are the gap. Letters were never the whole job.
Should we delay school a year because of this checklist?
Not from a checklist alone. That is a judgement after assessment.
Ask about at home
A short, friendly conversation is the best first step. Call, text or WhatsApp us — we’ll listen and guide you, with no pressure.
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