Kindergarten

Please remember to read every night and practise our tricky words!

Initial Lit

Here are all of our current sounds in Initial Lit!

Spelling

Here are some fun ways to practise spelling regular words using our focus Initial Lit sounds, as well as our tricky words!

Playdough Letters

Have your child roll and shape playdough to form letters of the words they’re spelling. It strengthens fingers and helps with letter recognition.

Letter Tracing in Sand or Salt

Fill a shallow tray with sand, salt, or sugar, and let kids use their fingers or a paintbrush to trace spelling words.

Magnetic Letters on a Board

Using magnetic letters on a fridge or magnetic board, your child can physically move and arrange letters to build words.

Finger Painting Letters

Use washable paint and paper to have your child paint letters with their fingers while spelling out words.

Building Letters with Sticks or Straws

Your child can build letters by arranging popsicle sticks or cut straws on a table.

Rainbow Writing

Write a word in pencil, then have your child trace over each letter multiple times with different colored crayons or markers.

Dictation

Here are some sentences that align with our Initial Lit sounds and tricky words. For an extra challenge, I've included the 'z' and 'zz' sounds!

Writing

Our class has been working hard on describing the characters and setting of the fairy tale, The Gingerbread Man. I’ve been so impressed with the effort students have shown in their writing this week! They are challenging themselves to write more independently and are beginning to use descriptive language to help paint a picture in the reader’s mind.

Maths

Until the end of Week 5, our class will be exploring addition. Students will learn to explain how numbers relate when we combine groups of objects & show how smaller parts come together to make a whole number up to 10.

Here are some tips for home:

Playing adding board games such as Snakes and Ladders
Using everyday materials to model addition. For example, start with 5 spoons from the cutlery drawer, now add 4 more spoons. How many are there altogether?
Encourage your child to help you when out shopping by counting and collecting objects to put into the basket, e.g. ‘Can you get 2 apples? (add more) How many do we have altogether?’
When playing with building bricks or small toys, encourage your child to count how many of each colour or size.
Play simple board games and encourage your child to count the spots shown on the dice and the number of spaces to move.
Sing number-themed counting rhymes and use your fingers or small props to help count the items, e.g. 10 Green Bottles.
Watch Number Blocks with your child and discuss the concepts. Each episode has been carefully crafted with the help of the NCETM (National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics) and it helps children to see how numbers really work − and master a new key math skill with every adventure.

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