How to Help At Home

• READ EVERY NIGHT! It is super important that your child is reading EVERY night. This includes you reading to your child as well as your child reading to you. Even if your child cannot read words yet, we have learned that we can read the pictures in a story!

• i-Ready is a great resource to help your child with reading, vocabulary, comprehension, and math skills. They have access to it from home if you have the program downloaded to your computer or mobile device. Usernames and passwords can be found on skyward and direcitons on how to login are on the main newsletter page. Recommended usage is 30-60 minutes per week in both reading and math. It is important that you do not assist them as they go through their lessons or the program will not be able to show accurate data.

Practice:

• writing first name with 1 uppercase letter and the rest lowercase

• writing letters using the correct letter formation (all letters start at the top except for lowercase e and d)

• identifying upper and lowercase letters and the sounds they make

• tying shoes

• using/holding scissors

• opening/closing the food they bring for lunch and snack

• opening/closing/filling up their water bottles to prevent spills

• holding a pencil correctly

• recognizing numbers 1-10.

Ready Rosie

ReadyRosie has hundreds of brief videos that model everyday interactions in familiar environments with real parents and give examples of how to boost parent engagement with your child's education. (For Pre-K and Kinder). http://www.readyrosie.com/register