Based on the experience, I recognize many children need assistance learning the following:
Stating their full name, phone number, and address
Stating their parents first and last name
Identifying an object in ordinal position. What is first, third, seventh ....
Stating their full name, phone number, and address
Stating their parents first and last name
Identifying an object in ordinal position. What is first, third, seventh ....
Writing! WOW, inventive writers and spellers! Help your child to write down words to label their drawings by sounding the word slowly. Let them hear the sound and write the letters. I am looking to see the beginning and ending sound of the word and perhaps a strong sounding vowel at this level.
We have those two children who need to spell correctly or it just drives them Nuts nuts nuts (he he you know who you are).
A word bank is very useful. You can begin with a recipe box and index cards. Sight words and words that your child is interested in (such as labeling words for a drawing) are a great place to start. If they are the ones who write the cards (with your guidance) they will remember what it says. It's OK to, add the letter label tabs for your child to place into alphabetical order.
A children's first picture dictionary is great too. Children see me looking up words in my dictionary all day long. I even read the definitions to the children.
Full sentences begin to come out in the red group writing.
Punctuation for those beginning readers. Try this:
Pause like sleeping at a comma, palm out to stop for a period, shrug with palms up for a question mark, Fist up in air and pull it down while you say YES! for exclamation point.
I asked them to write a sentence and when they were done I made the hand signal stop and quickly they put down the period!
I'll come back and post some snapshots of your children's work. I can't wait to be blown away.
Please understand that many activities that are on the Red Group are above the VPK standards. Developmentally Appropriate Practices, based on the National Association of Education of Young Children, - in a nut shell: Activities and Practices that support the developmental level of each child. They are not too simple or too challenging. Who am I to stop children from learning more more more.
Begin with cvc words and Simple Flip books
1. Adding sight words to word families.
am, ap, at, an, many more found here.
2. Counting to 100. They almost have it... lets count by tens to set the 100 count
Begin with cvc words and Simple Flip books
1. Adding sight words to word families.
am, ap, at, an, many more found here.
2. Counting to 100. They almost have it... lets count by tens to set the 100 count
3. If your child enjoys video interaction/iPad games ...Help him/her to visit starfall.com In fact, I insist. This game site is leveled.
4. Another game based site for K-5 ABCya.com (though there are activities that are for preschool as well such as letter naming) I especially liked the 100 games for the white group. However, Beware, I saw many ads on this site.
4. Another game based site for K-5 ABCya.com (though there are activities that are for preschool as well such as letter naming) I especially liked the 100 games for the white group. However, Beware, I saw many ads on this site.