This week we have Art on Monday. Please make sure your child does not wear brand new clothes, we would hate for them to get ruined during the Art Activity.
Every Friday we look for parents to sign up for Fun Friday Snacks (last week was Mariah and Mrs. Eads. :) This week is Kenza and Mrs. Lovett.) We also have a dress up activity. This Friday we are having Sports/Team shirts.
**Mark Your Calendar: Early Release Day is August 28. There is no school on September 2. We do not have an actual date for Open House, but as soon as we do we will post it on the blog.
As for our Academics. you'll notice we are only brushing on them because we are still making sure that the students know our rules and our routines. It is very important for us to get the rules and routines down now, so that we have minimal interruptions during our lessons.
READING SKILLS
We will brush on all color words and alphabet songs. We will begin name writing practice, so be sure to be practicing at home. ~ Only the first letter of their names is uppercase and the rest are lowercase.
ELA
We will be reading books about kindness, respect and friends. We will discuss the characters in the stories and what they do to show each other kindness.
In writing we will draw detailed pictures of ourselves. We focus on facial details (hair, eyebrows, eyes, nose, ears and a mouth.) We stress the importance of a neck ("It holds your head up or it will fall like mashed potatoes!") We discuss the upper torso with muscle arms (we do not allow stick arms), along with hanging fingers (We do not like firework fingers or fists.) After that we add pants/shorts/skirt and if necessary muscle legs. (Just like we don't want stick arms, we do not want stick legs.) Finally we end with the shoes or with feet.
**Drawing is a tricky concept and it is a huge developmental one. You'll notice your child is going to take time and practice to draw a detailed person. PLEASE do not expect it to happen after one attempt.**
MATH
We will be listening to counting songs and focusing on numbers 0-5. We will also practice writing numbers on white boards.
SCIENCE
WE will discuss the Five Senses listening to Mr.R's Five Senses Songs. :) Practice having your child match their sense to their body part.
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