As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday we take the time to count our blessing, things that make us happy and be thankful for our family and friends and support that help us get through life.
I count all of you and your children as a blessing in my life. I am thankful that I can be in each of your child's life. They are special people.
Since your child will be with you for the 4 day break here are some things that you can do together with them:
Record your child reading one of their just right books to you on your phone or I pad, tablet, etc. and then let them look and listen to themselves read the story back. Pay special attention to their fluency of them reading. Are they stopping at the punctuation marks? Are they reading smoothly and with expression? When they came to a tricky word how did they problem solving trying to figure out the word? Did they look at the pictures, did they break apart the word, how did they do it? It will be a very telling experience, trust me.
Download some educational apps for your child to work with. Many of you during our conferences asked for more ideas at home to work with your child. Here are a few suggestions:
Math Apps:
Math Tappers
Math Slide 100
Kid Patterns
Sorting Machine
Make 10+
Number Rack
Number Bond Blaster
or go to Zearn.org and log in for extra practice aligned with our math program
Reading Apps:
Epic- Unlimited Books for kids
Letter muncher
Reading A to Z books
Chicktionary
Have a great and restful Thanksgiving break.
I count all of you and your children as a blessing in my life. I am thankful that I can be in each of your child's life. They are special people.
Since your child will be with you for the 4 day break here are some things that you can do together with them:
Record your child reading one of their just right books to you on your phone or I pad, tablet, etc. and then let them look and listen to themselves read the story back. Pay special attention to their fluency of them reading. Are they stopping at the punctuation marks? Are they reading smoothly and with expression? When they came to a tricky word how did they problem solving trying to figure out the word? Did they look at the pictures, did they break apart the word, how did they do it? It will be a very telling experience, trust me.
Download some educational apps for your child to work with. Many of you during our conferences asked for more ideas at home to work with your child. Here are a few suggestions:
Math Apps:
Math Tappers
Math Slide 100
Kid Patterns
Sorting Machine
Make 10+
Number Rack
Number Bond Blaster
or go to Zearn.org and log in for extra practice aligned with our math program
Reading Apps:
Epic- Unlimited Books for kids
Letter muncher
Reading A to Z books
Chicktionary
Have a great and restful Thanksgiving break.
