Pre-K 4

Dear Parents of incoming Pre-K 4 and Kindergarten Students,

In preparation for the upcoming school year we have compiled a list of suggested activities, websites, and skills to be practiced and reinforced in order to be best prepared for the next grade.  Please use the following websites that are available for free over the summer:

www.education.com/play *for online practice
www.education.com *you can print worksheets to work on
www.starfall.com *online math, reading, songs, stories

Please also have your child practice WRITING the following at home:

Letters (uppercase)
Numbers (1-10)
First name

Also, choose STORYBOOKS TO READ DAILY and have your child illustrate and discuss what happens in the story.  Have a safe and restful summer.  Looking forward to getting to know our new students in the fall!

Sincerely your teacher,
Mrs. Vias (Pre-K 4) 

Recommended Reading

ABC T-Rex, Bernard Most
Alphabet Adventure, Audrey Wood
Are You My Mother? P. D. Eastman
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin Jr.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Go Away, Big Green Monster! Ed Emberley
Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown 
Grouchy Ladybug, Eric Carle
Guess How Much I Love You, Sam McBratney
How Many Snails? A Counting Book, Paul Giganti Jr.
Is Your Mama a Llama? Deborah Guarino
I Looked Like Spilt Milk, Charles G. Shaw
The Little Engine That Could, Watty Piper
The Napping House, Audrey Wood
Quick as a Cricket, Audrey Wood
There’s a Nightmare in My Closet, Mercer Mayer
To Market, To Market, Anne Miranda
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak