Mrs. Christina Mangiafridda

PreK-1
stbrendanschoolbronx@gmail.com
 

                                                     PRE-K 1  UPDATE
                                                 Week of March 29, 2020

-IMPORTANT NOTICE: SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2020!  AS INFORMATION CHANGES WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED.  PLEASE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOUR CHILDREN AT HOME WITH THE SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES BELOW.

-Continue teaching your child the proper handwashing techniques at home.

-IMPORTANT!  We will be using a fun home learning website called Seesaw.  I will be sending out an email this week to each family with a special code to use for this website.

-If you have any questions, concerns or just want to say hi my email is:
                   tmangiafridda@stbrendanschoolbronx.org

-The students are working on the study of PLANTS. Please see below for all the educational activities they can do at home!

-Letter of the week will be Nn for Nature. Practice this letter and writing this word at home daily.

-BUILDING BLOCKS WEEK23 MATH ACTIVITY:  Ask your child to look at and recognize different size squares on paper or anywhere in your home. Ask them "What makes a square?" They should answer that it has 4 sides, that are the same length.

-WEATHER: Believe it or not the season of SPRING is here. Talk with your child about this lovely season. Such as, what clothes we wear, what animals we will start to see, what will happen with the trees and flowes, etc.. They can write the word spring on paper and draw items that represent the season such as: flowers, insects, rain, sun, trees, parks, rainbows, or anything else that your child can think of.
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-FAMILY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES:   Please help your child practice writing the letters we learned in class so far they are: Ee, Hh, Ss, Ff, Tt, Ww, Mm, Cc, Ll, Aa, Bb, Gg, Vv, Pp, Jj, Rr, Dd, Zz, Uu, Ii, Oo,Nn.                                                                  They can practice writing their first name daily.  You can start showing them how to write and recognize their last name at this point.                                                                                                                         The children can work on counting and recognizing the value of numbers 1 to 20.   Review the following shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, etc... Ask your children what colors are certain items in your home. The children can work on simple patterns as well.
                 Reading to your child daily is always a great idea!  Ask them various open ended questions about the book. Let them draw their favorite part of the story.
       MUSIC AND MOVEMENT:  Exercise by doing jumping jacks,run in place, stretch a few times a week to music with your child.  Freeze dance and musical chairs is also a fun activity to do at home. 
                       PLEASE VISIT:            starfall.com     learningA-Z.com     ABC mouse.com    PBSkids.org     preschoolinspirations.com    SCHOLASTIC.COM/LEARNATHOME                        to do many fun and educational activities we do in class everyday such as the daily calendar, alphabet, music and movement etc....
                          At the end of each day, discuss all you did together as a family! Have fun!
                                                                

-FAMILY "PLANTS STUDY" ENGAGMENT IDEAS: Focus Questions to discuss with your child:
1.How do plants grow?  2. Why are plants important?  3.What are plants?  4. What do plants need?  5. Where do we find plants?  6. What are some different kinds of plants?  7. Why are plants important?
  
LIBRARY;   Some books on PLANTS you can read/watch on www.youtube.com are:
          UP IN THE GARDEN BY KATE MESSNER   THE CURIOUS GARDEN BY PETER BROWN                           AN ORANGE IN JANUARY BY DIANNA HUTTS  ASTON   THE VEGETABLES WE EAT BY GAIL GIBBONS      CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM BY BILL MARTIN 

ART:  Hang up some pictures of plants/flowers. Your child can try to copy, draw, color, or paint them                  with materials you have in the house.  Hang them up for all to see.
DRAMATIC PLAY: Set up a flower shop in a section of your home. Your children can make,buy, sell,                 flowers with the other family members. Use items in the home such as: apron, fake flowers,                     vase, money, notepad, cash register etc. 
SCIENCE: Show your child any plant that is in your home.  Look at all the parts such as the stem, leaf,             roots, dirt/soil. Allow your child to take care of it.
"PLANT STUDY" VOCABULARY/WORDS TO KNOW: Your child can try to say and write various plant words such as;  bouquet, branch, bud, bush, cactus, dirt, evergreen, floral, farmer, florist, fruit, garden, grass, seaweed, herbs, greenhouse, lawn, leaves, park,  petals, pollen, rain, roots, seed, shade, soil, stem, sunlight, tree, trunk, vine, weeds, wood, watering can.