January 9 - 13

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope you are all happy to get back to a routine again.  I know I am.  This week I am starting the homereading program.  Your child will bring home a book every evening.  Please spend 10 or 15 minutes reading with your child.  Research has proven that it makes a difference to your child's success.  Here are some things you might do:
*take a picture walk - look at all the pictures first
*choose some simple words and create rhymes
*have your child re-tell the story

This week:
*please make sure your child has gym shoes at school.  Some of the girl's shoes are causing them a bit of a problem in the gym.  Also, it is getting muddy out there and the kids are tracking in a lot of dirt.

*on Thursday we are going to the Young People's Concert at the Sagebrush Theatre.

*take a moment to look at some of the websites I have included on the 'links' page.

Enjoy your week.  Cheers.  Sheila