1. Kindergarten What can I do at home to help?

2. LANGUAGE ARTS/WRITING What can I do at home to help?

3. LETTERS Identify upper case/lower case letters and sounds Upper Case/Lower Case matching Make UC/LC letters out of playdough, in sand, with noodles, puzzles Practice Letter Sounds through YouTube Videos, flashcards, games

4. PHONICS Identify Syllables Identify rhyming words Blend 3 – 4 letter words Segment words Initial Sounds Medial Sounds Ending Sounds

5. WRITING Write his/her first and last name in Proper Noun Form (Capital, then the rest lower case) Write letters to represent the sounds in the word (segment words) Label Pictures Invented Spelling is OK! Make Lists

6. SIGHT WORDS Flash Cards Find in books and magazines Stamp it out Rainbow write YouTube Videos (Google “Kindergarten Sight Words”) READ TO YOUR CHILD EVERY DAY!

7. Other Ways to Facilitate Reading/Language Arts Encourage your child to speak in complete sentences. Ask more than yes or no questions. Cut paper and use tweezers to pick things up at home to improve fine motor skills. Encourage Writing!

8. MATH What can I do at home to help?

9. COUNTING Count by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s, to 100 Count concrete objects up to 20 (one to one correspondence) Count backwards from 20 Write and Identify numbers up to 20 Count from any given number What number comes before, What number comes after…

10. REASONING Make numbers in different ways Sorting and Classifying Describe using attributes Find Shapes in Environment Tell Time (on the hour, 30 minute) Identify Coins and Values

11. SCIENCE What can I do at home to help?

12. Explore Describe the natural word Listen to the Weather Report Collections (shells, leaves, stones) Patterns in nature Cook together Classify: Living and Non-Living Visit Zoos, Aquariums, Museums, Planetariums, Arboretums

13. SOCIAL STUDIES What can I do at home to help?

14. SOCIAL STUDIES Observe family photos and point out similarities and differences in characteristics Celebrations, Traditions, Holidays Grocery Shopping (Needs and Wants) Purpose of Rules Vote at Home on choices Texas and United States Flags Identify Community Helpers

15. MAKE EVERYTHING A LEARNING OPPURTUNITY!