·        Your child can practice recognizing their first and last name (Nursery School).

·        Count how many letters are in their first and last name (Nursery School & Preschool).

·        Practice writing the first letter of their name as best as they can (Nursery School).

·        Practice writing their first and last name using uppercase and lowercase letters (Nursery School & Preschool).

·        Practice identifying colors (Nursery School & Preschool).

·        Practice identifying and tracing shapes (Nursery School & Preschool).

·        Practice coloring pictures within the lines using "little strokes for little folks" (Nursery School & Preschool).

·         Complete dot to dot and color by number pictures to practice good pencil control, making lines, and recognizing numbers and colors (Nursery School & Preschool).

·        Practice identifying letters -- Uppercase for Nursery School; Uppercase and Lowercase for Preschool.

·        Practice identifying numbers -- at least 1 - 10 for Nursery School and 1 - 30 for Preschool.

·        Practice reciting numbers 1-30 or 31 -- the numbers in our calendar (Nursery School & Preschool).

·        Practicing counting using one-to-one correspondence (Nursery School & Preschool).

·        Practice writing the numerals from 1 - 10 (Nursery School & Preschool).

·        Practice cutting lines and circles (Nursery School & Preschool).

·        Practice making and recognizing patterns (Nursery School & Preschool).

·        Practice sorting objects by color, size, and shape (Nursery School & Preschool).

·        Practice identifying the parts of their body (Nursery School & Preschool).

·        Practice our "Red" and "Green" choices at your home (Nursery School & Preschool).

·        Practice reciting their birthday, address, and phone number (Preschool).

·        Your child can build the muscles in his/her hands using play dough, smaller pencils/crayons/markers, scissors, and using their pincher fingers to pick up items such as pom poms, cotton balls, and other small manipulatives (Nursery School & Preschool).

·        Your child can work on gross motor skills like throwing and catching small balls, galloping, skipping, and balancing/jumping on one foot (Nursery School & Preschool).

We sing this "Secret Stories Better Alphabet Song" (with the letter sounds) during snack time every day.

We watch the individual letter songs to follow up our alphabet lessons.  This link covers all the letters.

We watch the Story Bots when we learn about our individual colors, shapes, and numbers.  These links cover all of them.