| Welcome New Kindergarteners,
I am looking forward to meeting you all at Kindergarten Orientation on
August 22, 2008. Please review our calendar for other upcoming
announcements. This year will be a lot of fun!
Thanks,
Ms. Sideleau
Practice, practice, practice…
· Reinforce upper and lowercase letter/sound recognition.
· Reinforce matching upper and lowercase letters.
· Recognize first name.
· Write first name with appropriate upper and lowercase letters.
· Recite the alphabet.
· Recite home phone number, address and town.
· Reinforce number recognition.
· Reinforce shape recognition.
· Practice scissor skills
· Encourage independence with personal needs (i.e. hanging up coat,
putting personal property away).
Resources to help practice, practice, practice…
Websites:
· www.enchantedlearning.com
· www.primarygames.com
· www.starfall.com
· www.abcteach.com
· www.coolmath4kids.com
www.rainforestmaths.com
Books (found at the Teacher-Parents Store in Danbury):
· Summer Bridge Activities Reading, Writing, Arthmetic and Language
Arts Pre K-Kindergarten Level
· Full Color Literacy Activities Pre K-1 Level by Teacher Created
Materials, Inc.
· Preschool Basic Skills Scissor Activities and Fine Motor Skills
Great Places to Visit…
· Beardsley Zoo, Bridgeport, CT
· Mystic Seaport Aquarium, Mystic, CT
· Norwalk Aquarium, Norwalk, CT
· Dinosaur Museum, Rocky Hill, CT
· Peabody Museum, Yale University
· Stepping Stones, Norwalk, CT
· Science Museum, W. Hartford, CT
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