It's Dr. Seuss Week!

This week we are celebrating a beloved author, Dr. Seuss. We will be dressing up, reading lots of his books, and having a fun time! We are studying the letter X this week so a perfect book you can read at home is Fox in Socks by none other than Dr. Seuss!

Jiggly Jello

This week we are continuing to study addition in math. We are also learning the letter J. An easy way to reinforce this letter and sound is to talk about food: how jelly and jam both come in jars or how Jello will jiggle. Don't forget to have your child read the word list that comes home!

V is for Valentine

There is no better week to be working on the letter V than the week of Valentine's Day! You can stress the sound V makes by talking about valentines, love, forever, etc. We are also beginning to work on addition. You can work on this skill by making two small piles of toys and have your child count both piles and then give you a total of both.

First, Middle, Last

This week we are working on the letter D. An easy game to play with your child is to tell them a variety of words with the letter D and ask them whether the D comes first, in the middle, or last. Some examples of words can be: dog, doll, dinosaur, duck, window, middle, puddle, bed, hid, need, dad.

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A Week of Celebrations

We have a very busy week...Monday is the 100th day of school, Wednesday is Groundhog Day, and Thursday is the Chinese New Year. We will be learning about each of these days so please ask your child to share with you about them. We are working on the letter Y this week and are continuing to study longer/shorter, larger/smaller, etc.

Small, Medium, Large

This week we are learning the final vowel Ee. We now know all of the short sounds and are practicing very hard at reading. We started comparisons in math today. An easy way to work on this skill is to lay out some of your child's toys and have him/her put them in order from smallest to largest, longest to shortest, etc. They can also do this with silverware at the dinner table.