Parent Letter

Dear Parents,

A brief note on what we’re working on. For the next few classes our focus will be on our five senses: Taste, Touch, Sight, Smell and Hear. We will begin with Hearing. Hearing is a very important skill for readers. As we work on beginning sounds, it’s very important for your student to be able to hear the sounds of the alphabet, to be aware that the words we say are made up of different alphabet letters. We play lots of games where they say a word and identify the beginning sound as “s” or “m”, etc. Or we change the beginning sounds of words to a letter “f” sound. Instead of dinosaur, we’ll say finosaur. It’s a silly game, but it helps preschoolers become more aware of the words we use.

This week we also practiced some common manners beyond please and thank you. We talked about how it makes someone feel bad to hear “I don’t like that” and came up with “No thank you, it’s not my favorite.” We practiced saying “Yes, please” when offered something they would like and also thanking the person for giving the item. We also role played what to do when faced with something at dinnertime. Yes, we take a bite. We also can add “it’s not my favorite—what should I do with it?” No tossing green beans off our plate, no stabbing the roll with our fork to show disapproval. We should leave the item on our plate in a nice way and follow parental instructions.

It was a fun activity to practice setting the table, practice table manners and watch their faces light up when showing courtesy.

I hope they can do so at home!

October is just around the corner. Halloween, fall activities abound for next month.

Thanks,

Megan Millington