Welcome to Kindergarten!

The Manheim Central School District is now holding

Kindergarten Registration for Full‐Day Kindergarten

Classes for the 2024-2025 School Year!

Parents/Guardians must complete pre‐registration

online to schedule an appointment.

Online Pre‐ Registration is currently open and you can set-up an appointment with our Registrar at that time. All appointments will take place at the Manheim Central District Office at 281 White Oak Road.

Visit the Student Registration page of our website www.manheimcentral.org for more information.

Please email Registration@manheimcentral.org or call 717-664-8526 if you have any additional questions.

Below, you can click on your child's school to view the video from that location introducing you and your child to the principal and staff. Enjoy!

Read Together Every Day!

• Store your child’s books in a special place that’s easy to reach such as a basket, drawer or a low shelf.

• Place a small rug or pillow nearby to create a comfortable space for reading.

• Get a library card for your child (and yourself if you don’t already have one).

• Find a place to read together away from distractions.

• Hold your child as you read to help develop a positive attitude toward reading.

• Children enjoy and learn by repetition so it’s OK if they want you to read the same books over & over.

• Talk about the story as you read. Ask questions, point out details in the pictures.

• Ask your child to retell the story in his/her own words.

• Talk about characters as you read together.

Math is Everywhere!

• Talk math. Use words such as more, less; longer, shorter; heavy, light; etc.

• Count out LOUD every day. Start at 1 and count as you walk, put plates on the table, add apples to your grocery cart or as they wash their hands. Ask your child to count with you. Pause and ask, “What number comes next?”

• Hold up 5 fingers in front of your child then quickly hide your hand. Ask, “how many fingers did you see?”

• Name and describe shapes when you see them. That is a square napkin. The box of cereal is a rectangle. That tire is a circle.

• Count: “Let’s count the blocks.”

• Compare: “Which plate has more crackers?”

• Explore: “Let’s go on a shape hunt — can you find circles?”

• Question: “I wonder how many cars we can fit in this basket?”

• Sort: “Let’s put all the yellow pieces in this pile.”

Manheim Central is providing all families in the school district with a free subscription to STEM Starts Now, a Digital Kindergarten Readiness Program to help all children prepare for kindergarten!

If you have a child newborn to age five, sign up today! Go to STEM Starts Now and click Subscribe under the Organizational Free Tab. Enter Coupon Code MC2023 because learning starts at birth!