Kindergarten, Writing, Week 26

Monday I introduced the lower case letters g and j. K. practiced a line of each letter each day.

Small Muscle Development:

• Fingerpainting

Story Development:

• Game: Mixed-Up and Missing from Games for Writing -- this game helps your child develop an ear for sentence structure.
• How to Play: With your child not looking, write a simple sentence on a strip of paper. (A blue bird lives in my garden.) Cut each word apart and mix them up. Have your child put the words together in the right order to make the sentence.
• If your child needs help to start, you can give clues such as, sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period.
• As your child gets more proficient, leave a word out. After assembling the sentence as much as possible, you give clues and your child guesses what word is missing.

Writing Practice:

• Game: Monster Cafe from Games for Writing
• You'll Need: pencil and paper
• How to Play: Pick an item (I gave K. a choice of bird, bus, or bunny). She chose bunny. Then write out a restaurant menu for things that item would eat (we ended up with lettuce, carrots, grass, flowers).
• For older students, make categories for appetizers, main courses, desserts, and beverages.
• Maybe your child wants to decorate the menu, making it into an art project, too.
• If your child wants to, they can add prices for each menu item.