ABERDEEN, S.D. – Families with incoming kindergarteners who attend Aberdeen Public School District’s Kindergarten Registration Day will receive a free learning kit to help set their child up for success at school.
Two-hundred learning kits will be given out at the free kindergarten registration event, which is set for 2-6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, at Simmons Middle School, 1300 S. Third St.
Each kit will contain three learning items that parents can use with their children:
· A reading readiness activity set to develop early literacy skills, such as matching uppercase and lowercase letters, learning sounds, and blending and segmenting sounds.
· A set of counting puzzle cards, with a number on one piece and corresponding illustrated animals on the other, which help develop early math skills through play.
· A water workbook with teacher-developed activities focused on tracing uppercase and lowercase letters and practicing beginning letter sounds.
“Kindergarten is a big milestone for children, and for their entire family,” said Aberdeen Public Schools Elementary Instructional Coach/Coordinator Bailey Mohr. “We want to put learning tools in parents’ hands to equip and empower them to help their child succeed.”
About Kindergarten Registration Day
Kindergarten Registration Day is free and open to all local families planning to send a child to kindergarten during the 2025-26 school year. To register their child for kindergarten, parents should bring their child’s birth certificate and immunization records, as well as proof of address.
If you’re unable to attend and wish to register your child for kindergarten at a different time, please contact your child’s school. (See our elementary school boundary map to determine your school.) Elementary schools can be reached by calling:
· C.C. Lee Elementary: 605-725-7500
· Lincoln Elementary: 605-725-7200
· May Overby Elementary: 605-725-7300
· Mike Miller Elementary: 605-725-7800
· O.M. Tiffany Elementary: 605-725-7400
· Simmons Elementary: 605-725-7600
To learn more, visit the Aberdeen Public Schools Kindergarten Registration webpage, or watch the Kindergarten Registration Day Video: