KDG-1 CLASS NOTES TO PARENTS

Dear Parents:
Listed below are some activities that can be done at home to supplement what we do in the classroom. Any extra practice you give your child at home will be very helpful.

General Knowledge:

• practice birthday, phone number, address, days of the week and months of the year
      sing calendar songs
      talk in the car

• write first and last name correctly with upper and lowercase letters

• practice cutting, pasting, and tracing
      draw and trace hands and feet and cut them out
      make holiday decorations

Reading Skills:

• recognize and write upper and lowercase letters
      make a memory game with index cards and letters
      use labels to help kids recognize letters
      sing the ABC song

• identify and make letter sounds
      help your child sound words out with letter sounds

• listen and predict about stories
      at the end of a page, ask what will happen next?

• retell stories in the right order

• read with your child
      visit the library and get your child their own library card
      ask your child about their favorite part of stories you read
      ask if the story is real or pretend, and why they think so

Math Skills:

• recognize numbers 0-30
      keep a calendar handy

• count by 10’s
      make snacks: then count 100 pieces of cereal or raisins

• group objects into sets
      sort objects in the house by color, shape, or size

• identify more, less and equal

• identify coins
      let your child count your change at the end of the day

• identify first, second, third, etc.
      make number cards for your child to put in the right order

• identify shapes (circles, triangles, squares and rectangles)
      find shapes in the house or while driving