St. Edward Church  St. Edward School

Here are some suggestions to help your child at home. 

Religion -

• Pray the Our Father, Hail Mary, and the Angel of God together

• Pray the rosary together.

• Talk about what we learn in class.

• Talk about things that make us happy, sad, excited, worried, etc.

• Find things we do that use our five senses.

• Go to Church together and discuss what Father talked about in Mass.

• Light the Advent wreath

Math

• count sets

• sort items like to laundry, toys, etc.

• graph the items you sort.  For example:  put all the cars together, then all of the blocks together.  Which set has more, fewer, or equal amounts.

• match one item to another item, for example:  when setting the table for each person give them one plate, one cup, etc.

• identify sets with equal, more or fewer objects.

• Write numbers, number words, and match sets to the numbers.

• List or write down a set of numbers with one missing.  Have your child name the number that is missing.  

Phonics

• name letters in the alphabet not in alphabetical order.  See how many you can name in one minute.

• match the capital letter to the lowercase letter.

• identify letter sounds in words.  Do you hear a certain letter sound in the beginning, middle, or end of a word?

• put the sounds together to form simple words.

• Identify rhyming words. 

• Say a word and have your child tell you a word that rhymes with it.

• Name words in word families. 

Reading

• Sit down as often as you can and read to your child

• Identify the characters in the story

• Identify what happens in the beginning, middle, and ending of the story

• Identify sight words

• Identify pictures with the same beginning sounds

• What do you think will happen next in the story?

• Make sure your child is following along with their finger when reading. 

Handwriting

• Have your child practice writing their name

• Practice handwriting by writing the names of family or friends.

• Write numbers

• To build up the muscles in their hands a few exercises to do are:  squeeze a squeeze ball, string plastic beads on string, use tweezers and pick up small items,  trace over writing you have written on paper.

• Encourage your child to take their time with their handwriting and coloring.  Also encourage your child to put more effort into their work.

• Help your child learn how to tie their shoes. 

Welcome to Kindergarten!

The St. Edward Back to School Bash is August 7th at 6:00 under the pavilion.  I look

 forward to meeting you. 

Classroom orientation on August 9th at 6:00 in our classroom.  It is important for at least

 one parent to attend.  I will be presenting our classroom policies, discipline, and

 classroom procedures.  With the large number of people attending we respectfully

 request adults only. 

Parents, please bring your child's school supplies to the classroom on orientation night. 

Our summer reading is The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn.  We will do

 several activities with this book the first week of school.  Please read this book

 before school starts. 

Kindergarten School Supplies  2010 - 2011

 Please bring the following items to Kindergarten Orientation.

All items must be clearly marked with your child's name. Rest mats, book bags, and work boxes are provided with general fees.

1. A complete seasonal Change of Clothes in a Ziploc bag with every item labeled.

     It does not have to be a uniform.

2. Boys: 1 bottle of waterless hand sanitizer

3. Girls: 1 bottle of liquid soap

4. 1 Ziploc bags -sandwich size (boys) quart size (girls)

5. Girls: 1 container Clorox wipes

6. 2 boxes of 24 crayons

7. 1 pack of the 8 count washable markers

8. Fiskar brand school scissors (these last all year)

9. 10-12 plain yellow #2 pencils

10. Big pink eraser (2)

11. 15 glue sticks (recommend Elmer’s)

12. Three 70-page spiral notebooks

13. 1 watercolor paint set

14. Boys:  3 boxes of Kleenex

15. Girls: 1 box of baby wipes

16. Boys: 1 box of band-aids

17. Girls: 1 roll of paper towels