This is what we are working on this nine weeks:

Communications
*Name letters-capital and lower case: You can help your child learn their letters by letting them make the letters with play-doh, boiled spaghetti, yarn, in the sand, tracing your letters, or playing alphabet bingo.
*Recognize letter sounds: You can help your child learn their letter sounds by saying a letter and thinking of words that start with that letter together, ask them the learning letter sounds A to Z song that we sing in class, and visit www.starfall.com.
*Recognize/create words that rhyme: You can help your child learn rhyming words by pointing to body parts and thinking of words that rhyme with the body part (knee-free, nail-pail, head-bed, lip-dip, nose-pose), read a Dr. Seuss book and ask them to tell you two words that sounded the same, make a memory game out of flashcards (draw the pictures on the flashcard instead of the word), or draw a picture and have your child draw another picture that rhymes with that word (make it easy words star-car, bed-red, shoe-blue, cake-rake).
*Sight words (I, see, the, can, a): You can help your child learn sight words by clapping out each letter in the word, asking them to make a sentence that has a sight word in it, go on a hunt for sight words (use a book or newspaper and let your child highlight or underline the word when they see one), or make a poster with sight words on it and have your child try to swat the word that you call out using a fly swatter. Remember sight words should not be sounded out.

Mathematics
*Name numbers 0-10 /counts orally: You can help your child learn their numbers by going on a hunt for numbers, drawing them in the air, making them in the sand, or ask your child to name the numbers on your phone.
*Match numbers with groups of objects: You can help your child match numbers with groups of objects by having objects in your house in a pile and asking them to put a certain number in another pile, count how many trees they see outside, or play an "I spy" game (I spy three spoons. Can you tell me where they are?).
*Names colors: You can help your child name their colors by playing an "I spy" game (I spy a red toy), everyday ask them what color shirt they are wearing, or using colors ask them to color with a certain color.
*Names day of the week in order: You can help your child name the days of the week in order by asking them every day what day it is, looking at a calendar with them, or asking them to sing the days of the week song that we sing in class.

Science:
*Identify the body part that is associated with the 5 senses: You can help your child learn their five senses by popping a bag of popcorn and asking them what it sounds like, what it taste like, what it feels like, what it smells like, and looks like, say a sense and ask your child what body part is associated with the sense, or go on a nature walk outside and practice using your five senses.

Below are pictures of our class in centers. These centers are during Reader's Workshop and help them to learn their skills for the year.