Kindergarten News

Fall Break is September 24th – October 8th, 2012.
School will resume on Tuesday, October 9th, 2012.

Enjoy your break!

Kindergarten News

Matching

Dear Parents,

The ability to match things that are alike is one of the skills required for reading. Children can do this long before they are able to read print. They need practice, practice, practice!

As often as possible let your child participate in matching activities. Some suggestions:

• Matching pairs of socks when helping to put away the laundry
• Separating teaspoons from tablespoons
• Stacking together plates and saucers that are alike
• Arranging a shelf of groceries by putting things that are the same together
• Making games from food labels by saving some that are used frequently (labels from cans, bags, boxes) and stacking those that are alike together
• Matching labels with unopened products on a grocery shelf
• Going grocery shopping and letting the child find foods that he has learned from the labels – this time without a matching one

As you play matching games, read the name of the food and point to the place on the label where it is printed. Do not expect your child to remember the printed names at first.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Black

Something to Read Together

MATCHING SOCKS
Claryce Allen

Red with red
Blue with blue
Green with green
White with white
Plaid with plaid
Stripe with stripe
Holes with holes –
Oops! That’s not right!

Kindergarten News

Dear Parents,

We continue to study letter identification, sounds, and the proper formation of the letters. Please look at the letter that your child has worked on each day at school and practice it more at home.

Our “Safety Unit” is in progress.

We are currently studying about fire safety. We had a wonderful safety assembly that featured life sized puppets. Your children learned to dial “911” in an emergency. We discussed specifically what is meant by the term “emergency”.

Students practiced the “Stop, Drop, and Roll” procedure in the classroom. Please have your child show you how it is done. Be sure that he/she is covering their face as they roll.

We also learned to apply cold water immediately to a burn.

We learned about kitchen safety. They understand not to touch the stove and why it is important for parents to keep the handles of pots turned away from the edge of the stove. They know that irons, barbecues, and heaters are not to be touched.

The children learned not to play with matches.

Students learned the importance of planning an escape route if there is a fire in the home. Please help your child to develop a plan in case of fire.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Black

Kindergarten News

SHAPES

 

Dear Parents,

You can help your child learn to recognize and identify shapes by doing the following fun activities.

Shapes in the Environment

Help your child look for different shapes in his/her environment – circles in clocks, rectangles in windows and doors triangles in roofs etc.

Cutout Shapes

Cut out cardboard shapes for your child to trace around or use various objects such as lids, boxes or blocks. Be sure to include triangles, circles, squares and rectangles.

Toothpick Shapes

Use toothpicks to construct various sizes of triangles rectangles and squares. Have fun. Use marshmallows and see if you can make any shapes three dimensional.

What Can You Make From Shapes?

Pre-cut some shapes for your child and let him/her make shape pictures with them. He/she can glue the favorite pictures or designs on paper and hang them up in the house.

Sandwich Shapes

When fixing sandwiches for snacks or lunch let your child decide which shapes to cut them in – triangles, squares, rectangles, circles.

Shadow Fun

Make several cardboard shapes and tape them to sticks. In a dark room, shine a flashlight and let your child project the various shapes on the wall to make shadows.

Something to Read

• Shape Capers by Cathryn Falwell
• Round is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong
• What Shapes Do You See? by Begin Smarts Book Staff
• Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban