WELCOME TO MRS. BEIER'S KINDERGARTEN

 I'm looking forward to a 
great year of learning together!

Welcome to Kindergarten! There is an exciting year ahead, designed to promote and enhance your child’s growth and development.  This very important year promises to be one filled with discovery and joy as your child works and plays in an environment that is warm, safe and challenging.  I am eagerly looking forward to working with you and your child to help them grow in learning. 

Special Schedule: 
Monday--Art                                                                                                 
Tuesday- Music and Gym                         
Wednesday- Learning Center
Thursday- Library   
Friday- No Specials

September's Science and Social Studies Topics of Study
Ready for School: School Friends 
Apples: Plant Growth
School Rules and Responsibility: Personal Safety and Manners 
Staying Healthy at School  
Exploring the Five Senses and related body parts

Reading Readiness - We will be reviewing the recognition of all letters and letter sounds. The children will be strengthening their fine motor skills with cutting practice and writing their names in lower case letters except for the first letter in their first and last name. 

In Math, your child will be learning the relationship between numbers and quantities.  The class will start Chapter 1 the first full week of school.  In this chapter, they will understand how to represent a number of objects by showing, counting and writing numbers 0-5. Please review My Math Words and My Vocabulary Cards daily.  Home Activity – Use a five frame and counters, such as buttons.  Have your child place counters in the five frame to show the numbers 0 -5.  For 0, have your child place one counter in the five frame, and then remove it.  Together, practice writing the numbers 0 -5 in the proper formation.

In Religion, we will be learning about God’s Love.  The lessons will include, Jesus welcomes us and loves us, The Creation of the World, The Bible as God’s holy book, and we will discuss how prayer is talking with God.  Please practice saying the Hail Mary and Our Father with your child each night.
 

Back To School Books 

Teacher Trouble,  Marc Brown
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom,John Archambault 
Clifford's: First School Day, Norman Bridwell 
Chrysanthemum, Kevin Henkes
Curious George Goes to School, Margret Rey 
David Goes to School, David Shannon
First Day Jitters, Julie Danneberg
Franklin Goes to School, Paulette Bourgeois 
Froggy Goes to School, Jonathan London
If Everybody Did, Joann Stover
It's Hard to Share My Teacher, Joan S. Prestine
Leo the Late Bloomer, Robert Kraus 
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse,  Kevin Henkes
Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10,Kevin O'Malle
Mistakes that Worked, Charlotte Jones
Morris goes to School Bernard Wiseman 
My First Day of School, P.K. Hallinan
My Teacher Sleeps in School, Leatie Weiss
Never Spit on Your Shoes, Denys Cazet
Owen, Kevin Henkes
Recess Queen, Alexis O'Neill
Summer's End (good for 2nd grade), Marybeth Boelts
The Awful Aardvarks Go to School, Reeve Lindbergh 
The First Day of School P.K. Hallihan 
The Kissing Hand, Audrey Penn
The Teacher from the Black Lagoon, Mike Thaler 
The Wheels on the Bus, Raffi
Time for School, Nathan!, Lulu Delacre
We Share Everything, Robert Munsch
Wemberly Worried, Kevin Henkes
What I Did On My Summer Vacation, Marc Teague
Will I Have A Friend? Miriam Cohen