February 18th
Hello all!
I hope everyone had a restful long weekend :) It was a busy day back to work in Kindergarten! We continued to work on our writing today. In both classes, we worked on starting to write with letters today. Students drew a picture about their weekend, and then tried writing a sentence to go with it. We counted the words in the sentence, and then drew the same number of spaces to match the sentence.
It's so exciting to see the students start to apply their understanding of the alphabet to writing. Students are at beginning this activity from many different starting points. Some students know all of their letter sounds, and some are still learning them. We will continue to work on letter recognition in small groups, but it's a great idea to practice letter sounds and recognition at home if you have time! Here are some fun ways to practice the alphabet if you are looking for fun activities to do at home:
1) Hide and Go Seek – Hide the letters around the room when the child is busy elsewhere. When the child returns have them find the letters one at a time and tell you what the letter is.
2) Concentration – If you have two sets of cards ( or if you make another set) you can play concentration. Choose several pairs of matching letters and spread them out face down on the floor/table. As the child turns over each letter, they must tell you what it is. If they match, he/she wins them. If they don’t, you must turn them back over.
3) Painting Letters – Paint letters on the cement with water or use paint to paint letters on paper.
4) Delicious Letters – Use jam, whip cream, or peanut butter to write the letters.
5) Don’t Fall in the Swamp – Lay letters out on the floor in a path. Have your child step on each one saying the letter. If they say each one then they make it across the swamp. If they say the letter incorrectly, then they fall in the swamp and have to start from the beginning.
6) Rainbow Letters – Have you child draw their letters then trace over the letters with all the colors of the rainbow using crayons, colored pencils, or markers.
7) Good Clean Letters – Have your child draw their letters in shaving cream.
8) Play dough letters – Get out the play dough and help your child form the letters of the alphabet using the play dough.
9) Back Writing – Use your finger, draw a letter on your child’s back (or vice versa) and have them tell you what letter it is.
10) Flashlight Alphabet – In a dark room, use a flashlight to draw the letters of the alphabet on the wall or ceiling.
Reminders
1.) This Friday February 21st is PM Kindergarten
Please note, our second round of CTF was meant to start this Friday, (the AM class has already completed one round) but we have postponed the start date for the second round of CTF until March. We will add one more class of CTF in June so the second round has the same amount of dates as the first!
2.) We are still missing some report cards - please sign and return the report card envelope if you haven't already!
3.) We are looking for a few items in Kindergarten! If you are able to, we are currently in need of:
i) Kleenex/tissue paper - if anyone can donate a box it would be greatly appreciated!
ii) Envelopes/writing paper - we have been very active at the writing center lately! Kindergarten would love any kind of envelopes, stationary or cards that you might have laying around!!
Thank you have a great evening!
~ Ms. Weir
I hope everyone had a restful long weekend :) It was a busy day back to work in Kindergarten! We continued to work on our writing today. In both classes, we worked on starting to write with letters today. Students drew a picture about their weekend, and then tried writing a sentence to go with it. We counted the words in the sentence, and then drew the same number of spaces to match the sentence.
It's so exciting to see the students start to apply their understanding of the alphabet to writing. Students are at beginning this activity from many different starting points. Some students know all of their letter sounds, and some are still learning them. We will continue to work on letter recognition in small groups, but it's a great idea to practice letter sounds and recognition at home if you have time! Here are some fun ways to practice the alphabet if you are looking for fun activities to do at home:
1) Hide and Go Seek – Hide the letters around the room when the child is busy elsewhere. When the child returns have them find the letters one at a time and tell you what the letter is.
2) Concentration – If you have two sets of cards ( or if you make another set) you can play concentration. Choose several pairs of matching letters and spread them out face down on the floor/table. As the child turns over each letter, they must tell you what it is. If they match, he/she wins them. If they don’t, you must turn them back over.
3) Painting Letters – Paint letters on the cement with water or use paint to paint letters on paper.
4) Delicious Letters – Use jam, whip cream, or peanut butter to write the letters.
5) Don’t Fall in the Swamp – Lay letters out on the floor in a path. Have your child step on each one saying the letter. If they say each one then they make it across the swamp. If they say the letter incorrectly, then they fall in the swamp and have to start from the beginning.
6) Rainbow Letters – Have you child draw their letters then trace over the letters with all the colors of the rainbow using crayons, colored pencils, or markers.
7) Good Clean Letters – Have your child draw their letters in shaving cream.
8) Play dough letters – Get out the play dough and help your child form the letters of the alphabet using the play dough.
9) Back Writing – Use your finger, draw a letter on your child’s back (or vice versa) and have them tell you what letter it is.
10) Flashlight Alphabet – In a dark room, use a flashlight to draw the letters of the alphabet on the wall or ceiling.
Reminders
1.) This Friday February 21st is PM Kindergarten
Please note, our second round of CTF was meant to start this Friday, (the AM class has already completed one round) but we have postponed the start date for the second round of CTF until March. We will add one more class of CTF in June so the second round has the same amount of dates as the first!
2.) We are still missing some report cards - please sign and return the report card envelope if you haven't already!
3.) We are looking for a few items in Kindergarten! If you are able to, we are currently in need of:
i) Kleenex/tissue paper - if anyone can donate a box it would be greatly appreciated!
ii) Envelopes/writing paper - we have been very active at the writing center lately! Kindergarten would love any kind of envelopes, stationary or cards that you might have laying around!!
Thank you have a great evening!
~ Ms. Weir
