☺️Week of September 28th -October 2nd☺️

      We are having a successful start to PreK!  Keep up the good work!  We DO have school this Monday... DOE schools are closed but St. Brendan’s is open. 
 

✏️Important Dates to Remember✏️

 

Blended Learning Schedule

Week of Sept. 14th
​​​​​​Group A :  Mon, Tues, Wed ( in school ).  Thurs, Fri ( home)

Group B:  Mon, Tues, Wed ( home ).  Thurs, Fri ( in school )

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Week of Sept. 21st
Group A:  Mon, Tues ( in school ). Wed, Thurs, Fri ( home )

​​​​​​​Group B:  Mon, Tues, ( home ). Wed, Thurs, Fri ( in school )


​​​​​​ Week of Sept. 28th
​​​​​​Group A:   Mon, Tues, Wed ( in school ). Thurs, Fri ( home )

​​​​​​​Group B :  Mon, Tues, Wed ( home ). Thurs, Fri ( home )


Week of Oct. 5th
Group A:  Mon, Tues ( in school ). Wed, Thurs, Fri ( home )

Group B:  Mon, Tues ( home). Wed, Thurs, Fri ( in school ) 

 

☺️​​​​Family Engagement☺️
Play ISpy at home.  
Letter F Scanveger Hunt

​​​​​​​*PLEASE SEND IN A FAMILY PHOTO IF YOU HAVEN’T DONE SO ALREADY*
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✏️​​​​​​​ Activities and Suggestions for Learning at Home✏️
Each week activties for the week will be listed here.  Most activties will be theme related.  Your child does not need to complete all of these activties every day.  There may be some activties that your child does at home that I will ask you to send into school. Remember to come up with a schedule at home that works for you and your child.  As we discussed, providing children with a schedule that gives them a consistent routine is important. Zoom will be at 9:15am and 2:00pm. Please try your best to log on at those times using your child’s name.  The rest of your day at home is flexible.  Remember to allow time for meals, snacks, rest, and if possible time outside.  

Math:  

Help your child to recognize and identify numbers 1-5.  Find/make groups of numbres 1-5.  The children can use their toys, cereal, beans, buttons, etc.  Have your child help set the table for meals when possible, matching the number of place settings to the number of people eating.  
************************SeeSaw Activities will be posted daily*************************

Literacy (Reading/Writing):

This week’s Letter of the Week is ...... F for five, Fall. ☺️Practice writing F and find things at home that begin with F.

​Have your child practice writing his/her first name daily.  The children do not have to master writing their whole name at once.  They may need to learn it letter by letter. If your child already knows how to write his/her first name, they can practice writing their last name. Ask your child what the first letter in his/her name is.  Find something at home that begins with that letter.  
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​​​​​​​Create a ”reading space” at home for your child.  This should be a space where your child can sit and look at books, either alone or with with someone.  It should be a quiet area, with as little distractions as possible.  Once in a while it could be fun to make a tent/fort where your child can go in and read.  This can be done by using a bed sheet and chairs. If you do not have books at home, try visiting a library and borrowing some.  This can be a fun experience for your child.  
​​​​​​​************************** SeeSaw Actvities will be posted daily****************************

Art: 
Allow your child the opportunity to draw or paint pictures. Expose them to art materials at some point during the day. At school we do both free choice activities , as well as structured activities that encourage the children to follow directions. This week’s structured art activity is to draw a picture of your favorite animal from Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?

​​​​​Science:
Go on a Nature Walk with your child.  What do they see? Look for things like leaves, sticks, rocks, tress, birds, etc.  

SeeSaw activties will be posted this week. 

​​​​​​​Blocks:
If blocks are not available at home, use household items. Empty food boxes and cans are a great option. Your child can even decorate them. Suggest that your child look out the window and build something that they see. 

​​​​​​​Dramatic Play:
Allow your child time to make believe. It is important for children to use their imagination. Suggest that your child pretend he/she is an eye doctor.  Role play with your child if possible.

​​​​​​​Gross Motor:
  If possible, try to get your child outside each day for some exercise and fresh air. Go to the park for a little while, go for a walk, if possible allow your child to play outdoor games. If it is not possible to get outside allow your child time to to move his/her body inside. There are many great websites with exercise activities for children. Here is a list of some that we use at school.

     *The Learning Station - we use this in class for indoor music and movement activities - the   kids love it!
     *Cosmic Kids Yoga - we use this in class too. Kid-friendly yoga with a story :)
 The kids love this also!   
     *GoNoodle - this is a great website for kids!
     * Jack Hartman Music and Movement Videos


RESOURCES FOR DISTANCE LEARNING

*Some great websites for math and language are:
     (1)starfall.com   
     (2)ABCmouse.com 
     (3)PBSkids.org
     (4)SCHOLASTIC.COM/LEARNATHOME (for daily activities, videos and read-alouds)
     (5)preschoolinspirations.com
     

*Link for Pre K Learn At Home instructional Resources from DOE:
https://cdn-blob-prd.azureedge.net/prd-pws/docs/default-source/default-document-library/learn-at-home-2020/early-childhood-family-activities-accessible.pdf

*Below please find a new link for some more activities you can do at home :)
https://infohub.nyced.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/dece-spring-into-learning!.pdf