This week during group time we read Autumn Orange by Christianne C. Jones. Ms. Laurel had a bag full of different items and each child was given a chance to pull out an object to identify. We encouraged the boys and girls to tell the class what they had found! Everything was orange!
Our reading group book this week was titled, Birds, by Bruce Larkin. We focused on the sight words this and is throughout the book. The students were also introduced to the reading strategy, looking for a small word in a big word (i.e. is in this). After reading the book all week, we created our own sentences and designed an illustration to match. The students also put into practice their new knowledge of creating an interesting illustration by adding details. They did a GREAT job!
We became authors and illustrators today during small groups. The students came up with a sentence and illustration that they would add to I Jump (our reading group book for the week) if we were the authors and illustrators. The students learned that the text must match the illustration and that the dot at the end of each sentence is called a period!
Reading groups began in K Prep today! Our very first sight words were introduced and we practiced reading them in our very first reader…I Jump by Bruce Larkin. We will continue reading these books for the remainder of the week and practice recognizing our first sight words of the year. New sight words are introduced every Monday/Tuesday. Don’t forget, if you miss a day in K Prep, you miss a lot!
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Clips are a very important part to our Classroom. They help us work at centers during Free Choice Time!
We wanted to practice to make our tiny fine motor muscles super strong!
Be sure to check your homework folders for fun clip games to practice at home!
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!
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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