Hello kinder parents and families! I hope you are all having a safe and fun winter. I know that the kindergarten kids are having a great winter and working hard in the classroom.
We have finished up introducing all the letters of the alphabet. Please practice the letters with your child at home using flashcards and fun activities. "Find the spice that starts with P." is a fun activity to play in the kitchen when your child helps you cook or bake. A great resource for worksheet activities and coloring pages is http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/. Check it out!
Kids have also been working on listening to words and hearing the sounds, beginning, middle, and end, in one syllable words. Practice this at home so that your child improves on hearing the sounds.
In math, we have been working on number sense with a fun game called Roll a Number. Children roll two dice and add up the dots. Then they add an X to the matching number column on a number grid paper. Kids also created shapes using their bodies and string. We also introduced the calculator to the kindergarteners so that they will be familiar with it in later grades.
In writing, we are working on a new genre where kids tell about an event. They write what they did first, next, and last. We have been working hard on a piece of writing that is also a craft project to go in the hallway dealing with what they like to do in the winter.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Have a great weekend kindergarteners!
