Hello Kindergarten Families! Thank you to all the families who drove to the playhouse field trip. Please remember to turn in the $5 for the tickets if you have not done so already. Also, I would like to say thank you to the families dropping off at the door in the morning.
VALENTINE’S DAY: As this holiday is fast approaching, I would like each of our students to begin preparing for this by MAKING THEIR OWN VALENTINES for each child in the class. This will amount to 13 total valentines. This is a great opportunity for children to show others how much they care. Valentine cards do not need to be complicated, just original. On each valentine, your child needs to write the name of the child receiving it, as well as whom it is from. I will be sending home a class list in mailboxes. [click to continue…]
Long before a child learns to form letters with a pencil or marker, she has taken many steps toward learning to write. Children must have many opportunities to use their hands to do various things before they can successfully print letters.
Molding with clay, using large and small Legos, picking up beads, and playing with knobbed puzzles all prepare the fingers and hands for writing. Scribbling with markers and crayons, controlling a pencil for use with a stencil, using chalk on the sidewalk, and painting with fingers and large brushes are a few of the ways children practice for later writing.
We stock our room with plenty of paper, paper clips, staplers, pencils, markers, and crayons, and we make sure that these materials are available for children to use whenever they choose. Children may want to “write” notes to their friends or messages to their teacher or parents. They use writing materials in their dramatic play-making signs for a store, tickets for a show, menus for a restaurant, and so on. [click to continue…]
