Shapes Are All Around!

This week we are beginning to learn about the shapes and their relationships to each other. An easy way to practice this skill is to ask your child to name the shapes you see around you at home (a square window, a rectangle door, a circle or oval table, a triangle piece of pizza). We will also discuss cylinders, cones, spheres, and cubes. We are working on the letter R also.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Have a great Thanksgiving break! While you are celebrating the holiday, you can work on math skills by having your child count people, silverware, glasses, food, etc. You can also ask them to identify the yard line numbers (10-50) if you are watching football.

Friends & Family

This week we are learning the letter F. Since it is so close to Thanksgiving, a great way to practice this sound is to talk about spending time with family and friends (since both words start with f). We just finished the numbers 0-10. Please keep practicing counting and identifying these numbers.

Family Turkey Projects

Another slideshow by Smilebox

Aye, Aye, Captain!

Most of the students are familiar with the cartoon Spongebob Squarepants which is great for this week since our letter is the letter S! Watch an episode with your child this week and talk about the Ss words: Spongebob Squarepants, sponge, starfish, snail, Sandy the Squirrel, and Squidword. We have also finished counting to 10. Please continue practicing this skill with your child at home.

These Words Keep "Popping" Up

Approximately 50-75% of the words your child reads are sight words: words they can't sound out and just need to learn. Please practice the ones we have already learned at home this week. They are I, am, have, is, a, the, little, like, we, my, to. Our letter this week is Ii and we are still practicing the numbers 0-10.