Skills to Practice in Kindergarten:
Please practice opening lunch/snack items
- Juice boxes
- Ziploc bags,
- Lunch boxes, etc.
- Throw away trash
- Put snack bags away
- Clean up floor around them
Put things into backpacks and zip closed
Color pictures and talk about fun colors vs. real life colors
Count Items:
This can include...
Coins
napkins for the dinner table
forks, knives, spoons, etc. for the table
the number of blue (or any other color) cars they see
stairs in the house
steps it takes to get to the bathroom from their room
people in line at the store
Find Shapes in the Environment:
Square windows, Rectangular doors, Circular light fixtures,
shapes of signs on the road, etc.
Read to Your Child:
Ask questions about the story including...
Predict what the book is about
Predict what will happen next
W questions Who, what, where, when, why
Writing Activities:
Practice writing your child's first and last name with correct letter formation.
Write a letter to a friend.
Draw pictures and label each part.
Write and draw about something fun you are doing at home.
Talk to your child about time:
What time they go to bed, get up, eat breakfast, going to Grandma's etc.
FINE MOTOR SKILLS:
Have kids cut out coupons from the newspaper for you
Using shaving cream on the tub walls, have kids practice writing their name using upper- and lower-case letters
Use play-do to form letters and numbers
Most important...
Have fun with your child:
Board games,
Trips to the Library,
Play outside,
Coloring, etc.
Thank you,
Mrs. McCarthy