April News
Dear Kindergarten Families,
Happy, Happy Spring! The months are moving so quickly in kindergarten and the children are growing like weeds!
The following are a few of the activities planned for this short month:
Religion: Lent, New Life in Spring, Stations of the Cross, Easter, Butterflies, Bible stories
Reading Skills: Name, shape, sound and sign for letters Vv, Yy, Qq, and Zz
Word wall words: what, said, was, red, yellow, blue, orange, green, purple, brown, pink, black, white and gray.
Phonics skills ~ blending sounds into words.
Math: exploring shapes and addition
Science: New Life and butterflies
Social Studies: Italy, Mexico and Cinco de Mayo
Art: Spring!
Things to practice at home: Letter/sound recognition, word wall words, blending sounds into words, numeral identification 0 – 31, addition facts to 10, counting to 100
Mark your calendars for upcoming important dates!
April 5 –April 15: Easter break! No school!
Monday, April 16: Classes resume
Zoo permission slip and fee due on May 3rd! Zoo trip May 24th!
Mother’s Day Tea and Fashion Show Thursday, May 10th at 1:00.
March News
Word Wall List
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Dear Parent,
The following is a list of all the word wall words that will be covered throughout kindergarten. Being able to read these words is a large part of our reading program. Please make one flash card for each word. The children need to practice these every night! It should not take more than 10 minutes a night. Feel free to skip ahead once your child has mastered his/her words for the month. This list will mainly help your child with sight reading. PLEASE also review letters and sounds each night to help your child be a phonetic reader as well!!
Sincerely,
The Kindergarten Teachers
| September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May |
| I | to | we | me | see | are | here | what | where |
| am | a | my | with | look | that | go | said | come |
| the | have | like | she | they | do | from | was | has |
| little | is | he | can | you | one | will | red | be |
| for | big | of | two | did | yellow | |||
| at | yes | in | three | blue | ||||
| and | no | get | four | orange | ||||
| up | five | green | ||||||
| six | purple | |||||||
| seven | brown | |||||||
| eight | pink | |||||||
| nine | black | |||||||
| ten | white | |||||||
| gray |
Lenten Calendar
Lenten Activities for Kindergartners
Because the concept of giving something up for the entire season of Lent can be more than overwhelming for small children, here is a calendar with daily activities that your child can do for Lent. We like to think of Lent as a season to think about God, to show love and friendship to others, and as a way to say “thank you” to Jesus.
Feb 22: Ash Wednesday. Go to church today.
23: Smile at everyone you meet today!
24: practice printing your first and last name
25: clean up your room without being told!
26: Sunday. Go to church and say “thank you” to God.
27: draw a picture for some one special
28: don’t eat any candy today!
29: hang up your coat and put away your shoes!
Mar 1: help clean up after dinner!
2: hug everybody in your family today
3: do something extra nice for someone in your family
4: Sunday. Go to church and say the “Our Father” for your family
5: draw a picture for Daddy today!
6: make your bed as soon as you get up!
7: no cookies today!
8: ask your Mommy if she needs any help today!
9: Go to bed as soon as Mommy and Daddy say!
10: Ask Daddy if he needs any help today.
11: Sunday. Go to church and say “hello” to your neighbors!
12: call your Grandma or Grandpa on the phone – say “I love you!”
13: clean your room without being told!
14: set the table for dinner tonight.
15: clean up your toys!
16: Give your family extra hugs and kisses today!
17: Happy St. Pat’s Day! Wear green! Wish everyone luck!
18: Sunday. Smile at everyone today!
19: St Joseph’s Day! Wear Red! Be kind to everyone!
20: First day of spring! Draw a spring picture for someone special!
21: Help with the dishes today
22: draw a picture for Mommy today!
23: share a book with your brother, sister, friend
24: show your best manners all day long!
25: Sunday. Go to church and say “I love you” to God.
26: no video or wii games today!
27: be extra kind to your siblings and parents today
28: clear the dinner table tonight
29: no candy today!
30: ask your Mommy if she needs any help today
31: no cookies today
April
1: Palm Sunday. Get a palm from church.
April Fool’s Day! Make your Mommy/Daddy laugh!
2: clean up your toys without being told!
3: do something extra nice for someone in your family
4: draw a picture! Give it to someone special.
5: today is Holy Thursday. Tell Jesus you love Him.
6: today is Good Friday. Be extra quiet and say a special prayer to Jesus.
7: Ask your Mommy or Daddy to help you remember all the things you did to show love and kindness during Lent. Try to remember to do kind things even when Lent is over.
8: Today is Easter! Enjoy it with your family!
Plan B: Take a few ideas that you like from this calendar, add some of your own family ideas. Put these on small pieces of paper, fold them up and put in a bowl. Each day your child can draw a paper from the bowl for his/her Lenten activity for the day.
