This page will include the skills and concepts we are focusing on currently. I will move items down to a review section after the initial introduction to a concept.  We are always reviewing and building on the skills we've already learned! :) 

• Social Skills 
  • Sharing
  • kindness
  • taking turns
  • Friendship
  • Following the rules of a game

• Letter - Recognition, Writing and Sound: Uu
• Religion - The Church Family and Sacraments

• Proper pencil grip & writing their own name
• Recognizing the letters in their names
• Speaking in complete sentences (especially when answering and answering questions.
• Letters build words, and words build sentences. Sentences need capitalization and punctuation.
• Number recognition (1-20) counting objects, & writing (1-10)
• Story Comprehension: Recalling story information, story sequencing (First, Next, Last)
• Fine Motor Skills:
  • Coloring inside the lines (Coloring slowly with small movements around the edges "build up that wall on the edge." Then they can color the inner area a little quicker.) Using different colors in a picture
  • Pre-writing skills
  • Cutting with scissors (following these rules: scissors are "tools, not toys," cut away from your belly, "thumbs up" when cutting with scissors, make small cuts (Don't close all the way, then open and slide to make a smoother cut.)

Review:

• Letter - Recognition, Writing and  Letter Sounds - Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv
  

• Vocabulary - Colors, seasons, positional words (over, under, etc.)
  

• 3 part sequencing, classifying, same/different, 

Activities: 

• Happy Numbers 
• Daily online kids' calendar 
• Daily kids' weather 
• Letter tracing (Great practice for writing letters!  It is preferable to do this activity on a touch screen WITH a stylus so it is similar to writing on paper.)
• Connect the Dots Alphabet 
• Alphabet BINGO

Games: 
 Letters

• Letter order 
• Memory Letter Match (Sound needs to be on for game)

• Counting Fish

Songs: 

• 12 months in a year  
• 7 days of the week 
• ABC Mouse Letter Songs: Link to playlist of ALL letter songs.
• Letter Factory Letter Sounds song

• Left Right video
• The Body Scanner