One of the super cool parts of being a kindergarten teacher is the ability to watch kids take learning into their own hands. We set the stage and the kids take over. Today, during word work, one of the students used the magnet letters to spell all the November sight words. He was so excited I had to take a picture. The child in the background is on the website starfall.com learning more about letters and stories. While the kids are doing their own learning, the teachers have the opportunity to work with small groups of children. It's usually so quiet in the classroom you'd have to look twice to confirm students are there.
Many of you asked how you can help your child at home. Grab some magnet letters and ask them what they can show you. Ask if they can find all the letters with curves, all the letters with lines, all the letters with diagonal lines. Ask your child to spell his or her name, or friend's names, or even better, sight words. Make it fun. PLAY with words by seeing how fast he or she can write a word, or trace it in shaving cream. Have a great weekend playing with words!
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