suggestions to help your child at home

Have your child...

bullet practice telling a story using wordless books
bulletmake predictions and draw conclusions
bullet complete 2-3 step directions
bullet visit the public library
bullet reinforce concepts of  left-to-right
bullet practice writing his/her name using both upper case and lower case letters starting from the top down
bullet use Fiskars scissors to practice cutting a straight line holding scissors with the thumb up
bullet limit the amount of television and video games
bulletlearn letter identification and sound recognition
bullet use computer games/software to improve letter/sound identification and recognition
bullet read aloud every day (5-10 minutes)
bullet apply inventive spelling
bulletpractice high frequency word list
bulletcounting one to one
bullet count to 100 and identify numerals 0-20
bulletstrokes for writing

 

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