Welcome to Peachland Elementary School

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Welcome to Peachland Elementary School

• Ready Set Learn

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Literacy?

• What is Literacy?
• Literacy starts long before a child enters
  school.
• How can you help develop your childs literacy?

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Literacy starts long before your child arrives at
school! You are providing the foundation for your
childs learning.
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Have your child read pictures and picture books
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Rhyming

• Play Rhyming Games
• Read Nursery Rhymes to your child.
• Use songs like Down by the Bay, Willoby
  Wallaby Woo to introduce rhyming in a fun way.

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Play First Sound Games.

• Play first sound games. (Map , Mat? Do they
  start the same?)
• Whose name starts with the same sound as bear?

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Alphabet Recognition

• Start introducing the letters of the alphabet as
  your child sees them in their environment.
  (example M for Macdonalds, S for stop sign)

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Writing

• Provide lots of paper, pens, crayons and markers
  for your child.

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Draw With Your Child
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Strengthen your childs fine motor control.

• Strengthen your childs fine motor control with
  activities such as playdough, duplo (lego, light
  brite, sewing with wool in large shapes etc.)

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Encourage Your Child to Pretend Write.

• Demonstrating an understanding that the marks on
  the pages of the books you read are important,
  just like the marks they are making.
• If you teach your child to sing and write the
  alphabet teach the two concepts together and
  start by using capital letters as they are
  distinct and can not be confused with each other.

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Numeracy

• Numeracy? What do we mean by Numeracy?

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Counting

• Three year olds should be able to count orally to
  10. They will need lots of practice to count
  objects to 10. This is called one to one
  correspondence. Touching objects, pushing them
  or picking them up while saying the number is
  important. Provide your child with real
  situations to practice counting.

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Sorting

• Three year olds should be able to have lots of
  practice sorting.

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Shapes

• Three year olds should be able to identify shapes
  and colors.

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Remember to make learning fun and make it real!