On Wednesday, we had a special celebration to honor our classmates who will be leaving our classroom and will be in Ms. Momeni's classroom next fall. We are proud of all the progress these students have made. We will miss them very much, but know that we will see them next door! We also said "good-bye" to Mrs. Kerrigan, who is retiring and will not be back to school in the fall. We appreciate all of the help and support she has given our class this year, and for many years before!
I wish you all a wonderful, happy summer vacation. I hope you enjoy the slower paced days and extra time to spend with your children. Thank you for sharing them with me this year - it has been wonderful to work with each and every one of them! Sometimes parents wonder what they might do to help support academic skills over the summer. Here are a few ideas:
* read out loud to your child
* have a quiet book time each day (we do this daily for about 20 minutes)
* consider taking your child to the public library
* help your child write and draw about his/her daily activities (maybe in a journal)
* play board games with your child
* ride bikes, go on walks etc. and talk about what you saw
* have your child work on skills such as counting and naming coins, telling time, and tying shoes
* work with your child on eating skills - we only are in the lunch room for 20 minutes, and students need to be able to stay seated the whole time, open the things in their lunch, eat their food in that time frame, and clean up their area.
* most of all - have fun!
