Readiness in Preschool Children is basically categorized in three parts-
1. Reading Readiness
2. Writing Readiness
3. Math readiness
What is Reading Readiness
Reading readiness is a state of General Maturity which when reached, allows a child to learn to read without much difficulty and makes the reading activity meaningful for the child. Both heredity and environment affect the child’s potential for reading.
Pre- Reading Skills-Informal Activities
- Dolls play
- Block play
- Sand play
- Water play
- Clay play
- Puzzles
Pre-Reading Skills-Formal Activities
- Matching (object to outline/shadow; go together)
- Sorting-only
- Ordering- next, correct order, sequence
- Pairing- go together
- Same and different
- Odd one out
- What’s wrong
- What’s missing
- Find the differences
- Visual constancy
Important Activities for Reading Readiness
- Labeling
- Learning to read pictures
- Conversation and story telling
- Audio visual aids
- Puppet shows
- Dramatization
- Making and using picture books
- Oral and written directions in class
- Fitting objects and words into categories
What is Writing Readiness
Writing readiness may be defined as a point at which previous experiences have developed in a child , the appropriate skills and attitudes necessary for beginning hand writing instructions.
Writing Readiness- Informal Activities
- Sand Play
- Clay play
- Water play
- Block play
- Creative activities
- Threading beads
- Pouring
- Polishing
- Sorting
Writing readiness-formal activities
- Mazes
- Trailing
- Stenciling
- Tracing
- Join the dots
- Complete the picture
- Progression (Left to Right;Top to Bottom direction; space; concentration)
- Scribbling
- Dots
- Mandala pattern
- Dashes – left to right; right to left
- Random scribbling
- Random crosses
- Spokes from a dot
- Horizontal wavy patterns
- Vertical wavy patterns
- Horizontal and vertical wavy patterns
- Pattern writing
- Alphabet
- Words
- Sentences
- Creative writing
What is Math Readiness?
Math cannot be defined in a few words as it is a universal language and is involved in our daily lives. It does not limit to knowing only the numerals as it involves the hierarchy of concepts. Math helps children to make a sense of the world around them and prepares them to reason and enhances problem solving skills. 
Math Readiness
- Language of numbers
- Size (big and small; fat and thin)
- Quantity (few and many; more and less)
- Relative Location (far and near, in and out)
- Seriation sequencing (first, second, third)
- Shapes (round, triangle)
- Time (long ago, bed time and lunch time)
- Volume (empty/full; deep /shallow)
- Introduction to concepts
- Stages of counting
- Introduction to Numbers
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Measures
- Weight, length, time and volume
- MSOP (Matching ,Sorting, Ordering, Pairing)
Stages of Counting
- Counting by rote
- Rote counting with touching objects.
- Rational Counting
- Rational counting without touching
- Rational numbers of non – concrete stimuli.