Parenting a preschooler can be challenging, and we hope that this newsletter will add to your parenting toolbox by delivering inspiration and expert advice to your inbox each month. Do you have burning parenting questions or a topic that you would like us to cover in a future newsletter? We would love your input! Please contact Nicole Casey at ncasey@fayschool.org with any questions, comments, or feedback.
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BOOK CLUB - P. Bear's New Year's Party
Join P. Bear as he counts down to the new year with his many, many friends that keep joining him every hour until midnight. This New Year's story is great for teaching your child counting skills, and it also teaches how to tell time. See the newsletter below for more activities and ideas related to counting and telling time.
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LITERACY & NUMERACY - Number Recognition
When teaching your child about time, it is helpful if they can recognize numbers so they can understand calendars and clocks. To help your child learn their numbers, try making it fun and interactive and incorporate number practice into your routine. For example, on your commute search for numbers on road signs. When your child is doing crafts at home, you can try color-by-number drawings or connect the dots.
See the Arts & Crafts section below for a new year countdown activity to help work on number recognition.
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ARTS & CRAFTS - New Year Countdown
Materials Needed:
Paper Plate • Scissors • Piece of Paper • Sharpie • Sequins • Glue
Directions:
Gather the materials above and in the center of the paper plate, cut two slits that are about an inch wide and an inch apart.
With the piece of paper, cut out a stripe that is also about an inch wide and will fit through the slits in the paper plate. On the paper that you cut, write the numbers 10-1 with a Sharpie, and end with 2023 at the bottom.
Decorate the plate so that is looks like the New Year's Eve ball in Times Square. We used sequins and attached them with glue, but you can also use glitter, sticker rhinestones, markers, or anything you have on hand.
On New Year's Eve, count down to 2023 with your child by pulling the piece of paper up through the ball until 2023 is in the center.
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DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONE - Sense of Time
When you tell your child that you are leaving for school in five minutes, do they actually comprehend how much time this is? Chances are that they have no idea because the concept of time is abstract to them. To help make time more tangible, it is helpful to use calendars and clocks for visualization.
With a calendar, you can add stickers to show your child which days of the week are school days or when a birthday will occur. When they ask you when their birthday is, you can show them on the calendar and discuss how many days away it is by counting them out. To make counting easier, you could make it part of your daily routine to have your child mark each day with an X.
As for clocks, analog versions are helpful at this age. You can teach your child how the hands move and that the little hand moves slowly and the big hand moves quickly. When getting ready in the morning, prompt your child that you need to leave when the little hand is on the 7 and the big hand is on the 6.
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Kindergarten at Fay School
Kindergarten lays the foundation for a child's entire learning experience. At Fay, our small class sizes and differentiated approach help each kindergartener establish the skills they will need for a successful educational journey. Our teachers focus on each child’s literacy, numeracy, science understanding, and social-emotional development, supported by a team of expert specialists who coordinate instruction in art, music, French, and Spanish, and P.E. Our teacher also focus on fostering a love of learning, and they know that when students believe that their learning matters, they give their all.
Learn more about Fay's Kindergarten program and beyond at our Admission Classroom Visit Day on January 12.
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