Dear Families, 

Often when you ask your child about school, the answers are usually "good", "fine", or if you ask, "What did you do today?" the answer may be, "Not much!" To help make the conversation with your children more, shall we say more robust, we like to send a list of conversation starters called “Ask Abouts,” which contain specific items that we've learned during the school week. “Ask Abouts” are a wonderful way to engage in meaningful conversations with your children about their school experiences. Some of the prompts are very specific and some may be “What was the most exciting thing you learned this week?” or “Who did you play with during recess?” These open-ended questions help to provide you with insight into their academic and social experiences. Remember, you can ask a few or as many Ask Abouts as you'd like!

Please visit our KA classroom website on Sunday afternoons for weekly updates regarding curriculum focus and pictures of your children in action. Future “Ask Abouts” messages will be posted (almost always!) every week under the KA Resources tab.

And now, for this week’s Ask Abouts –

Ask your child…

• What was the best part of your week?

• Who did you play with during recess and choice time?

• What was your classroom job this week?

• Who is the star student for next week? (Mira)

• Can you name at least one of our school rules? (I make safe choices; I respect my surroundings; I am considerate of others.)

• Can you give an example of what one of the rules means?

• What is the Golden Rule? (Treat people the way you want to be treated; or do to others as you would have them do to you.)

• How do you want your friends to treat you?

• Can you name a new teacher you met this week?

• Which special did you enjoy the most this week? (PE, Music, Art, Science)

• What does it mean to be kind?

• What is mindfulness?

• Can you show me how to hold scissors properly when cutting? (Thumb up, cutting away from the body.)

• Can you tell and show me the sound and motion for the letter /t/?

• Can you name five things that start with the letter /t/? (Challenge: can you think of five words that end with the /t/ sound?)

• Name one of the math materials you explored this week? (connecting cubes, geoboards, dominoes, pattern blocks, attribute blocks)

• To tell you about Baby Blue and our Welcome Back Assembly!

• What is one thing you’re looking forward to next week?

Enjoy your weekend!

Warmly,

Kim & Marie