With summer coming upon us, it's easy to get into the habit of not following up on our reading and math skills during the long break. Here are a few tips to beat the "Summer Slide," and to keep your child ahead of the game going into 1st Grade in August!
Here are a few tips to keep your children reading in the summer months!
Here are a couple reading programs that are also offered!
While math is an area where it is mostly remembered, I would suggest going over addition and subtraction facts to keep fluency. You can always find shapes in the world to help identify flat and solid shapes as well! Here a a couple of other ideas:
There are a ton of great ways to prevent that Summer Slide with your kids. Please do not hesitate to ask me for tips, ideas, or activities! I will do my best to find what your child needs be successful!
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Wow, with all of the things we have been doing in kindergarten, I have definitely been falling behind! We are doing so much in K-3, and we are going to continue until the last bell rings on the last day! I wanted to start the post with the fun and exciting learning we have been doing in math! Can you believe that we are finished with the kindergarten manual and are on the 1st grade things?! We have been talking about measuring, and while we are starting to look at the standard units of measurements this week (centimeter, inch, etc.), we took a little bit of time to study non-standard units. We took cubes and paper clips for this fun one! I found an AWESOME template on Pinterest. (P.S. If you don't have a Pinterest account, GET ONE! It's amazing!) We took mustaches, glasses, and lips off all different kinds and we measured them with cubes and paper clips! The kindergarteners loved it, and it was a great way to practice measuring things! We have also been focusing a lot on the elements of art. During the Smarter Balanced Testing, we had LOTS of time to fill during our non-existent computer lab time. We did an art project that focused on crayon resist and water colors. I talked to the kids how the wax in the crayons is special, which is what makes the color when we draw things. The water color is just a dye, so when we go over the crayon, the wax will push the paint in a different direction! The thought this was the coolest thing ever. I then talked to them about how we mix certain colors together to paint a mood. this mood was more for showing cooler colors, to show the rain that occurs in the spring. After I modeled it to the kids, they took off with it and painted a scene ore beautiful than I could have imagined! Such a cute project. Now, on to the fun stuff! For the last 21 days, we have been playing "Mommies" and "Daddies" to little chick eggs in our room! We have been discussing everything that an egg needs to have in order to hatch: warmth, moisture, and quiet! They have been asking all day to see the beauties that have hatched just this morning! I'm sure you have heard all about it, but I have a couple of pictures for you to see! We have 3 so far, and there are a few more that are poking through the shell. Thank you for all your support with everything! As this year comes to an end, I feel like my first year of teaching was the most memorable and fun year that anyone could have! I have not only you to thank, but also the silly, loving, wonderful children I call my students. I will remember this year forever!!! YOU ROCK!
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