Learning News Kindergarten

Miss Sophie Goodman

Kindergarten

Please continue to read each night & write letters, decodable words and sentences & numbers at home with the correct formation!

Initial Lit

These are our current sounds that we have learnt!

The current tricky words we have learnt are:

the

was

you

InitiaLit Readers vs PM Readers

You may have noticed two different types of readers coming home each week in our blue folders. We have InitiaLit Readers & PM Readers.

The purpose of InitiaLit readers

Our InitiaLit readers are specially written to match the sounds and letters we are learning in class. This means your child can sound out most of the words on their own. These books will also include the tricky words that we are learning in Initial Lit! Using these readers builds confidence, supports phonics skills, and helps our students work towards becoming independent readers.

The purpose of PM readers

PM leveled readers will use simple sentences, repeated words, and helpful pictures to support understanding. These readers will have tricky words that are different to our Initial Lit tricky words in class. These books are great to encourage reading fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.

By using both types of books, children get the best of both worlds: they learn how to sound out words and they get to enjoy rich stories that build their understanding and love of reading!

Fine Motor Activities

Here are some easy fine motor activities you can do at home using simple, everyday items!

Playdough Fun

Roll, pinch, and shape playdough into letters, animals, or balls.

Cutting Practice

Let your child cut paper strips, shapes, or pictures from old magazines (start with straight lines, then move to zig-zags and curves).

Puzzles

Simple jigsaw puzzles help strengthen hand muscles and coordination.

Beading

Use beads, pasta with holes, or buttons to string onto shoelaces or pipe cleaners.

Drawing & Colouring

Use crayons, markers, or chalk.

Scooping & Pouring

Use rice, beans, or water with cups, spoons, and funnels.

Tweezers/Tongs

Use tweezers or kitchen tongs to pick up small items (pom-poms, cotton balls).

Sponge Squeezing

Soak sponges in water and have your child squeeze them into a bowl.

Maths

We have one week left of our number unit. Please continue to engage in these activities at home to promote learning!

Counting forwards and backwards from 20.
Go on a number hunt together and discover places where numbers are used such as a clock, television, computer keyboard, calendar, telephones and car license plates
Counting the beats to your child’s favourite song and getting them to clap their hands or stamp their feet to the beat is a fun way to get your child counting.
Count with your child the number of buttons as you do up a cardigan or shirt.
Encourage your child to count the number of pegs used to hang out the washing.
Count the number of steps from the front door to the letterbox.
Count the number of eggs in a carton, and again after some have been removed.
Count the number of times you and your child can throw a ball to each other without dropping it.
Read and talk about stories and rhymes that use numbers.
Sing songs and nursery rhymes that include numbers such as Five Little Ducks and Baa Baa Black Sheep.
Have your child count as far as they are able to go and then encourage them to join you while you continue counting.

Science

In Science last week, we explored the ways that our bodies and objects can move. Kindergarten were investigating around the school different objects that you can roll, bounce, push and pull.