School Readiness
Forsyth Country Day School offers Gesell Developmental evaluations as one means of determining each child’s developmental and emotional readiness for school. These fun, individually scheduled interactive assessments for children provide helpful insights and information as parents make decisions regarding appropriate grade level placement. The Gesell is available at a cost of $100 for FCDS and non-FCDS students, ages two and one half to nine. For more information about this service, please call Judith Kuhn at 336-945-3151 ext. 323 or e-mail her at
Development Placement Recommended Reading
A Gift of Time by Judith Kuhn
Modern Learning Press 1-800-627-5867
Struggling Learners: Below Grade or Wrong Grade? by Jim Grant
Summer Children: Ready or Not for School by James K. Uphoff
Your 3 Year Old by Louise Bates Ames and Frances L. Ilg
Your 4 Year Old by Louise Bates Ames and Frances L. Ilg
Your 5 Year Old by Louise Bates Ames and Frances L. Ilg
Your 6 Year Old by Louise Bates Ames and Frances L. Ilg
First Grade Can Wait by Lorraiine Aseltine
The Hurried Child by David Elkind
Reinventing Childhood by David Elkind
Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Daniel J. Kindlon and Michael Thompson
Recommended by: Judith Kuhn, Kindergarten Teacher and
Assistant Director of Lower School
Forsyth Country Day School
5501 Shallowford Road
Lewisville , NC 27023
336-945-3151, ext. 323