This week the children learned:

• To identify individual words in sentences
• To identify the initial letter in our names
• We learned a song to help us remember the letters of the alphabet
• We read a pre-decodable with the high frequency word:  a

What you can do at home:

Read to your child everyday!  The benefits are immeasurable!  By reading to your child you are helping them increase their vocabulary and communication skills.  Reading to your child helps to promote academic success, as well as logical thinking skills!  But most importantly, reading to your child is a wonderful time to snuggle up and spend time together!  Take the time to read!

Practice the pre-decodables!  It is important to remember that mastery of the high frequency words is not expected.  Preschool is a time to introduce many skills that will be mastered in the future.  Here are some tips on how to practice these skills at home:

• Have your child point to the title of the story
• Have your child point to where we would start to read on the page.
• Ask them if they want to read it or if they would like you to read.
• Have your child point to each word that is read.
• Have your child tell you what is happening in the picture.

Skills that are important for your child to learn are that we read from left to right and that all stories have a title and an author.  Remember, it is NOT expected that your child knows how to read in preschool, this is just an introduction!

If you have questions please let me know!

Lisa