1. Brooklyn City Schools

2. Learning at Home  Type 4 of Action Plan for Partnership’s Six Types of Involvement  Involve families with their children in academic learning activities at home including: homework, goal setting, course and program choices, postsecondary education plans, and other curriculum-related activities and decisions.

3. Our 2013 – 2014 Activities  Get Moving Today! Activity Calendar  Boardmaker Vocabulary Cards  Literacy Backpacks  Blizzard Bags  Discovering with Dudes Flyer

4. Get Moving Today! Calendar  www.shapeamerica.org/headstartbodystart www.shapeamerica.org/headstartbodystart  Distributed to families monthly  Simple exercises to incorporate into daily life  Sample calendar Sample calendar

5. Sample Get Moving Today Calendar

6. Boardmaker Vocabulary  Distributed to families weekly/bi-weekly  Pictures and terms corresponding to current classroom themes/upcoming holidays  Benefit to ELL families  Sample Boardmaker vocabulary sheet

7. Sample Boardmaker Vocabulary Sheet

8. Literacy Backpacks  Distributed to every student twice per school year  Students take home for five days (Th – Tu)  Themes: Ocean, Insects, Butterflies, Dinosaurs, Zoo, Alphabet  Contents: Three books, one puzzle, one educational game, one puppet, one CD with thematic songs

9. Blizzard Bags  Distributed to families for calamity make-up days  Sesame Street Math Is Everywhere tool kits  Contents include: number flash cards, DVD, story, hands-on educational games, parent guide  Website includes: Online games, educator guide, DVD clips, etc. Website  Available through local PNC Bank

10. Discovering with Dudes  Distributed to families monthly  Simple Science experiments to conduct at home  Experiments submitted by Dudes  Addresses two family engagement themes  Focus on Fathers  Full STEAM Ahead  Sample Discovering with Dudes flyer Sample Discovering with Dudes flyer

11. Sample Discovering with Dudes Flyer

12. Looking Forward…  Create Discovering with Dudes Science Backpacks  Upload Boardmaker vocabulary cards and Get Moving Today! Calendars to Brooklyn Preschool website website  Incorporate more Sesame Workshop tool kits at home and in the classroom