Dear Parents/Guardians,
We encourage you to spend some time with your child this summer to consolidate and further build their reading, writing and numeracy skills.
Our school website is a great source for links to websites with games and activities for your child to use. Be sure to check out the sites listed under Student Links and the Learning Commons. You will find the link to REFLEX Math and other Math sites as well as great links to places to research cool facts about history and animals. The students should be familiar with both of these places on our school website.
Remember to keep your child reading! Try to ensure your child explores and/or independently reads every day for at least 20 minutes. Older students in Grades 4 and 5 should read for at least 30 minutes every day!To continue enhance writing skills encourage your child to keep a journal; you can do a shared journal by writing your response to a show, movie or book (say what it made you think about, who a main character reminds you of, what you think might happen next in the story, then have your son or daughter answer you in writing.) You can also encourage your child to keep a journal of summer experiences including illustrations or photos with the writing. There are many apps for ipads or tablets that encourage event capturing with text and photos!!
For those of you with ipads or tablets, you can explore the many apps which provide great stimulation and practice of basic skills. These can be found using a google search. Many are free downloads through iTunes, and many are also available for android devices. See the bottom of this post for ideas.
Remember the importance of getting outside too, be sure to encourage your child to explore the outdoors! Visit one of our local parks or beaches.
Have a great summer. We will see you in September!!!
KELSET Staff!
Here is a list of a few apps that we would recommend:
Alphabet and Letters
Letter School
Writing Wizard
Wee Sing
ABC Ninja
Endless ABC
Apps for Stories- most of these are free
I Like Books
Story Time
Mee Genius
Big Cat Series
BB Magic Lite
Tumblebooks
Read Me Stories
Alice Lite
Sleeping Beauty
Story Creation
Toontastic
Toontastic Shrek
Big Cat series (create a story after reading one)
Photo Books
Pictello
Little Story Maker
Story Maker
PicCollage
Vocabulary
Amazing Match
Mini Adventures Let's Go
Mini Adventures Music
Mini Adventures Let's Go and Learn the Alphabet
Fun
How to Draw
Virtuoso- keyboard
Doodle Dandy
Uno
Let’s Spot
Toca Boca
Peek-A-Boo
Social Skills
Social Express
Social HD
Going Places
Between the Lines 1 and 2
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