Dear Parents,
Here are a few suggestions for “Homework” that parents can easily integrate into daily routines. This basic personal information is essential for every child to know.
Please review:
- Child’s first and family names (spelling and printing)
- Child’s birth date (day and month)
- Home address (unit number, street name, & city)
- Phone number (singing it to a familiar tune often aids one’s memory)
On the academic side, we encourage children to be inquisitive and explore their surroundings; these real life experiences create the foundation for any future learning! Keep these ideas in mind whenever an opportunity arises:
- conversations on different topics with various people
- making connections between a new concept and an older one strengthens new learning
- letter recognition; naming letters in and out of sequence
- connect letters to their sounds by using environmental print (such as street signs, cereal boxes, etc)
- recognition of numbers, patterns and geometric shapes or simple adding & subtracting
- regularly review common sight ("Popcorn") words, such as: I, a, me, see, and, the, he, she, is, in, you, can, was , went, said
- Count to 100 by 1's, 2's, 5's, 10's
- Measure household items, room dimensions, whatever, using body parts or other non-standard random items such as hand, foot, pencil, fork, etc.
- Canadian coins (name and value – (eg.) nickel = 5¢)
Sincerely,
The Kindergarten Teachers
