This week in math, the K-Prep class worked on making their numbers using the correct formation! We sang fun number poems to help us, which can be found in the students’ homework binders. Throughout the week we built on this skill of forming numbers, while trying to accommodate many learning styles!
The students traced tactile yarn numbers with their fingers, drew numbers in sand trays, and traced dotted numbers using dry and erase markers! A dry and erase writing activity is also found in the homework binder. You can never get too much practice!
What a fun and busy week of learning!
This month is all about the Pond Habitat and we are learning so much! We learned that ponds are bodies of water surrounded by land and are filled with rain water. The animals that we will be learning about this month were also introduced; frogs, ducks, beavers, and this week’s focus, the box turtle!
Most of us have seen a turtle before and so in our small groups we talked about what we already knew about turtles! We read the story Box Turtle at Long Pond and we learned so many new facts about turtles that we added to our list!
I would say we are quite the turtle experts now!
Before your child begins to read, he/she is learning about the way letters and sounds work together to form words. Phonemic awareness and phonics are the first steps a child makes in their journey to becoming readers. By listening to and playing around with the sounds in language, your child is building an important foundation for reading. These playful processes are a part of phonemic awareness, which research has found to be the best predictor of reading success in young children.
If your child has phonemic awareness, he or she understands that words are made up of sounds (phonemes) and that those sounds can be grouped together, moved, and changed. Throughout the day there are many opportunities to point out words that begin or end with the same sound. Just making your child aware of sounds in words is one of the first steps in reading. Click on the first picture below for an online game called Dog’s Letter Pit that your child can play to practice building phonemic awareness. Have fun!
Thank you to everyone who made it out to help us kick off a new year!
Kid’s Sushi made from rice krispie treats, fruit roll ups and swedish fish…finished with chopsticks
Wacky Weaving
Wacky Under the Table Drawing
The Kona Ice Truck stopped by Tots today to help us get ready for summer camp! We are now enrolling ages 2 to 6 years old for five weeks of summer fun. We hope to see you there! Download our summer camp brochure here.
Creative Tots has specialized in the private education of both toddlers and preschool age children for over 15 years. We began in the heart of Madeira and now also have a new Mason location. We are specifically designed to focus on early childhood development for children ages 18 months to 5 years.
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