| Starfall High Frequency Word List
Please review these words daily.
Make flashcards on index cards. Flash the cards. hint: shuffle the
flashcards
each time.
Play concentration with no more than 8 words at one time.
a
at
an
am
and
are
as
away
all
be
but
big
can
come
could
down
do
for
from
get
go
good
give
he
has
help
here
helps
had
have
his
her
him
into
is
I
like
likes
little
look
many
me
my
no
not
on
of
see
she
said
says
so
some
that
the
them
then
there
they
this
to
too
up
us
we
with
want
will
was
what
when
where
were
you
Thank you
K staff
Handwriting
Kindergartners benefit from experiences that support the development of fine
motor skills in their hands and fingers. Children should have strength and
dexterity in their hands and fingers before being asked to manipulate a
pencil on paper. Working on dexterity and strength first can eliminate the
development of an inappropriate pencil grasp, which is becoming more
commonplace as young children are engaged in writing experiences before
their
hands are ready. The following activities involve the use of manipulatives
which will support young children's fine motor development, and will help to
build the strength and dexterity necessary to hold a pencil appropriately.
Fine Motor Activities
*Molding and rolling play dough into balls - using the palms of the
hands
facing each other and with fingers curled slightly towards the palm.
*Rolling play dough into tiny balls (peas) using only the finger tips.
*Using pegs or toothpicks to make designs in play dough.
*Cutting play dough with a plastic knife or with a pizza wheel by holding
the
implement in a diagonal volar grasp. (see attached diagram)
*Tearing newspaper into strips and then crumpling them into balls. Use to
stuff scarecrow or other art creation.
*Scrunching up 1 sheet of newspaper in one hand. This is a super strength
builder.
*Using a plant sprayer to spray plants, (indoors, outdoors), or
melt "monsters". (Draw monster pictures with markers and the colors will run
when sprayed.)
*Picking up objects using large tweezers such as those found in
the "Bedbugs"
game. This can be adapted by picking up Cheerios, small cubes, small
marshmallows, pennies, etc., in counting games.
*Shaking dice by cupping the hands together, forming an empty air space
between the palms.
*Using small-sized screwdrivers like those found in an erector set.
*Lacing and sewing activities such as stringing beads, Cheerios, macaroni,
etc.
*Using eye droppers to "pick up" colored water for color mixing or to make
artistic designs on paper.
*Rolling small balls out of tissue paper, then gluing the balls onto
construction paper to form pictures or designs.
*Turning over cards, coins, checkers, or buttons, without bringing them to
the edge of the table.
*Making pictures using stickers or self-sticking paper reinforcements.
*Playing games with the "puppet fingers" -the thumb, index, and middle
fingers.
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