Dear Parents,

Another school year has begun and we are off to a great start!  To help ensure your child's continued success, we would like to invite you to help us help your child.

Each nine weeks we will send a list of some activities that you can do at home with your child to support the concepts being taught in the classroom.  Attached you will find some ideas for the first nine weeks to help your child with Math and Language Arts.

We look forward to a great year!  If you have any questions, please contact us at 281-929-3800 after 2:30 PM.

Sincerely,

Kindergarten Team

    Mrs. McDonald

    Mrs. Blake

    Mrs. Slaven

    Mrs. Verden

Practices for Home during the First Nine Weeks

Language Arts

Recognizes letters and knows sounds of letters

        First Nine Weeks - Letters/Sounds

            Mm     Ff     Bb     Ss     Jj     Pp

•    review flash cards with letters-give name and sound

•     cut letters and pictures fro magazines - match letter and beginning picture sound

•    find objects that begin with a certain sound

•    sing a familiar song and make all the words begin with the same sound

Recognizes and prints name in correct form

•    label child's items so that he/she sees his/her name in print often

•    practice writing name with pencil, chalk, markers, fingerpaint, etc.

Holds book and turns pages correctly

Knows front and back of book

Practices high -frequency words:  I, a, the, see

Uses drawings and symbols to express ideas

•    encourage your child to write daily (messages to others, label drawings, etc.)

Don't forget:  The best activity that you can share with your child to help him/her develop reading skills to read to your child daily for 10 - 15 minutes!

Math

Practices rote counting to 20

Sorts objects by size, shape or color

•    sort common items (buttons, keys, shells, etc.) by size, color and/or shape (an egg carton makes a good container to use for sorting)

Identifies shapes

•    ask your child to identify shapes (circles, squares, rectangles, triangles)

•    create shapes with playdough, torn paper, while fingerpainting, etc.

Begins to count objects

•    count buttons, milk bottle tops, trading cards, etc. for numbers 0 - 10

Extends and creates patterns

•    create simple AB patterns using everyday objects or physical movements and ask your child to extend the pattern (Ex. bean, button, bean, button or clap, stomp, clap, stomp)

Art

Identifies eight basic colors

•    find objects that are red, blue, green, yellow, orange, purple, brown and black