Be your child's P.A.L. - Parents Are Leaders
Be your child’s P.A.L. (Parents Are Leaders)
PAL Plan: Use the timer on your smart phone… 15 Minutes of Family Fun!
2 minutes: Play “Rhyme Time”
You and your child think of words that rhyme with your names, favorite foods, favorite movies, favorite activities or words of the week.
8 minutes: Play “Flashcard Fun”
5 minutes: Play “Reading Rocks”
*Listen to your child read a book to you. Your child can choose a Phonics Book or a Sheet Book sent home weekly.
Writing Choices
Write it on the ground outside.
Write it on the ground inside.
Write it on your leg.
Write in with a pen, marker, crayon, chalk, paintbrush, Qtip, toothpick.
Write it on a bag of gel, salt, dirt, sand
Write it in salt, sand, shaving cream, soap - on a cookie sheet.
Write it on the garage door with water and a paintbrush or finger tip.
Write it in the grass.
Write it like a rainbow, write it with play dough, write it with magnets.
PAL Plan: Use the timer on your smart phone… 15 Minutes of Family Fun!
2 minutes: Play “Rhyme Time”
You and your child think of words that rhyme with your names, favorite foods, favorite movies, favorite activities or words of the week.
8 minutes: Play “Flashcard Fun”
- Read one flashcard aloud to your child.
- Show the word and have your child write the word using a WRITING CHOICE below.
- You use the word in a sentence that you tell your child. Ask your child to use the word in a sentence to tell you.
- Repeat for each flashcard multiple times…
5 minutes: Play “Reading Rocks”
*Listen to your child read a book to you. Your child can choose a Phonics Book or a Sheet Book sent home weekly.
Writing Choices
- Show a word, have your child write it with a two fingers while saying the letters out loud.
Write it on the ground outside.
Write it on the ground inside.
Write it on your leg.
Write in with a pen, marker, crayon, chalk, paintbrush, Qtip, toothpick.
Write it on a bag of gel, salt, dirt, sand
Write it in salt, sand, shaving cream, soap - on a cookie sheet.
Write it on the garage door with water and a paintbrush or finger tip.
Write it in the grass.
Write it like a rainbow, write it with play dough, write it with magnets.
Do you know a business, non profit corporation, or family member who would like to donate the following?
* 6 crate chairs - plastic crates, wood, fabric, stuffing, staple gun
* 25 white lab coats for our T.E.A.M. Scientists.
* 25 plastic clear sunglasses or eyeglasses for experiments
* 6 crate chairs - plastic crates, wood, fabric, stuffing, staple gun
* 25 white lab coats for our T.E.A.M. Scientists.
* 25 plastic clear sunglasses or eyeglasses for experiments