1. Family Times: Each Monday a new "Family Times" Parent Newsletter 
comes home.  It always has the new Rhyme Chart for the week (that we 
sing together every morning), the new skills, daily activity 
suggestions (which link to what we're doing in class that week), and 
a "hands-on" learning game on it.  Take advantage of it... It's a 
really good (and fun) tool for you to use at home with your 
children.  Extra reinforcement activities can NEVER hurt.

2. At the beginning of each chapter in mathematics, the children 
bring home a small copy of a story (that we've introduced the new 
chapter with in school) and an introduction page to the chapter out 
of their mathematics books.  They always have a blue bar across the 
top of the page and are labeled with the new chapter title and 
theme. On the back of them, you'll find a list of the new vocabulary 
words for that chapter and a "hands-on" learning experience for them 
to participate in at home.  Please put these pages and stories to 
good use...These are GREAT five-minute little "reinforcers" that 
help to make connections between home and school.