Creative Tots Preschool

The toddlers used their senses to explore and learn about zoo animals this week. The distance learning packet included a one to one correspondence mat for sorting animal crackers, animal masks to use during their classroom live zoom, Z is for Zebra materials to complete the alphabet, and zoo animal movement activity cards!

Our ocean study included a cupcake wrapper craft, sorting goldfish by color, a video recording of the book Swimmy, and some “growing” ocean animals to place in the sensory tub of water.

The distance packets this week also included five little ducks for retelling the song, materials to make a frog craft, and lily pads for hopping to engage our toddlers in learning about pond animals.

We rounded out the year by sending home rainbow waterbeads, toddler trail mix suggestions, lacing necklace materials, name building materials, and paint to complete the end of year personalized color book!

Thank you to all the parents for helping us to help your toddlers grow and learn. Thumbs up to year full of learning, fun, and smiles!

The developmental process of learning to read can be broken down into five stages of reading development. 1) Emergent Readers 2) Early Readers 3) Transitional Readers 4) Self-Extending Readers 5) Advanced Readers. All children advance through these stages at different rates based on cognitive development, early and consistent exposure to print, the development of basic reading skills at home and at school. Our class is currently made up of Emergent Readers, Early Readers and Transitional Readers. Many of the readers are sent home throughout the year for the children to keep and continue to read at home independently. As we get closer to November, due to the varying stages of development in our K Prep classroom, you will find that your child may be reading different texts than their classmates. It is so exciting to watch young readers develop the ability to read and become fluent readers!