Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales
This month you will see lots of new faces as old friends return from a summer off and new friends start coming for the very first time. In order to make everyone feel right at home we will be talking about nursery rhymes and fairy tales that everyone is familiar with. A basic review of skills including numbers, colors and shapes will ensure that everyone ends up in the correct class. If you are coming for the first time or returning after the summer off remember consistency and routines are the way to make transactions smooth and seamless.
Daily activities and updates are sent directly to parents through our ProCare app.
Skill Goal Focus
A monthly personal progress plan will be written for each child each month. Teachers will be using the plan to schedule your child's activities. The teachers will mark the plans as skills are reviewed or mastered. At the end of unit, the plans will be sent home to keep parents abreast of their child's development. Focused skills will be taken from cognitive, self-help, social skills and gross and fine motor areas. Children will work on the identified skills at the level that is most appropriate to their development. If colors are identified as a focus skill, some children will be matching colors, others will be identifying colors, and others will be reading color words. Each skill will be emphasized many times throughout the year and mastery can be expected to take several months. The Personal Progress Plans are to assist the teachers in planning appropriate activities; they are not report cards and should not be used to judge the success or failure of the child. Do not feel you must "teach" identified concepts at home, but rather be aware of what we are doing so that you can take advantage of any incidental learning opportunities.