Ideas for helping your child at home:

 Language Arts
• Read Daily! Listen to your child read. Read to your child
• Encourage your child to read from many sources including magazines, newspapers, non-fiction and fiction books.
• Read a story with your child playing “word tag”  you read some words, then tap your child’s shoulder for him/her to begin reading. Your child will tap your shoulder when it is time for you to read.
• Read a page with “skip reading” You read one word and your child reads the next word. Continue to the end of the page.
• Provide experiences in writing such as family journals, diaries and learning logs. Provide writing materials
• Set up a home message board. Write a message to your child every day

Mathematics
• Help your child figure the amount of change when shopping. Teach him/her how to count back money.
• Sort objects into groups of 2s, 5s, and 10s. Practice counting orally.
• Have your child make a monthly family calendar of events.
• Use concrete materials to complete fractions (ex. one half, one third, one fourth).Use real life situations  with your child using cookies, pizza, etc.
• Allow your child to survey the family (ex. favorite foods, color or car) and make a bar, line or picture graph.
• Practice basic addition  and subtraction facts using flash cards.
• Practice telling time on an analog clock.
• Identify, label and discuss all the geometric shapes found inside and outside your home.
• Have your child assist with recipes and preparing meals.