MHR Kindergarten

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High Frequency Words

Please write these words on index cards for your child to review at home
everyday.  We have introduced these words so far.

A
a
am
an
and
are
as
at
away

be
big
but

can
come

do
down

for

had
has
have
he
help
helps
here

I
in
is
it

like
likes
little

not

said
see
she

to
the
The

up
us

want
was
we
will
with

you

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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MHR Kindergarten

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