Weekly Challenges - April 6 - 9

1. Draw a picture and write in your journal about how your family prepares for Easter. Do you have any special traditions? Do you prepare special food? Write a story about your picture. (JKs - dictate your story to your parent, SKs - try to write your story by sounding out words) Don't forget to write your name using upper and lower case letters. (JKs - first name only, SKs - first and last names). 

2. Find an item in your house that begins with the letter "Zz". Practice sounding it out using "rocking fist" every day.

3. Can you spot a rabbit outside? Look very carefully when you are outside. You may have to be very quiet so that you don't frighten one! Let me know when you do see one! Tell me where he was, what he was doing and what he looked like? Draw a picture or take a picture.

Today's Challenges

1. Letter Zz - Write 5 words that start with the letter Zz and draw a colourful picture of each one.

2. Lego Challenge -  You are stuck on Mars! You need to build a new ship to get home.
(Source: Free Home School Deals)

3. Jump 3 Times - Jump 3 times, first like a bunny, then like a frog and then like a child. How far did you jump? Measure each jump with your feet by taking steps. Which jump was the shortest? Which jump was the longest? (Source: Grand Erie District School Board)

4. 5 Things in Nature - Find 5 items in nature and arrange them from shortest to longest. You may find 5 objects in your house if you are unable to go outside. (Source: Grand Erie District School Board)

5. Make an Easter Easter Card - Make an Easter card for someone you love that does not live in your home. Be creative - you can use crayons, pencil crayons, markers, stickers, etc. Maybe you can draw an Easter bunny, Easter eggs, chicks or flowers. Please mail or deliver the card to their mailbox. If you have time, you can make more than one!

Resources for Coping with COVID-19

These are extremely challenging times for everyone, especially our little ones!  Many, many children are feeling anxious about their safety and well-being. Please check your email for a list of helpful resources created by our school board.

Guide for Parents

Here are some activities that you can be doing at home every day to ensure your child's skills are maintained.

• Read to your child every day. Ask them to tell you about the story, ask them their favourite part and why.
• Have your child present PAT items every day.
• JK: practice writing your first name.
• SK: practice writing your first and last names.
• Keep writing in the journals we sent home.
• Practice counting toys and items around the house.  This develops one-to-one correspondence, each item is counted once.
• Play board games with dice as this develops subitizing skills, the ability to recognize quantities without counting.
• Ask your child to estimate how many objects they have, for example "how many grapes do you have left?"
• Practice adding and subtracting with their toys, "I have 5 cars and you have 3 cars. How many cars do we have altogether?"
• Set up an art corner for your child to draw pictures, paint, create chalk pictures, tape paper to a wall and create a mural.
• Learn at home resources are available at https://www.ontario.ca/page/learn-at-homehttps://www.ontario.ca/page/learn-at-home