Number sense is an emerging construct that refers to a child’s fluidity and flexibility with numbers and what numbers mean. Number sense develops gradually over time and at different rates, through exploring numbers, visualizing them in a variety of contexts. Our focus last week was the number six.
Letter and Word Awareness is the ability to identify individual written letters and words. Once children are able to identify printed letters, they develop the ability to identify entire words. The entire developmental progression from letter awareness to word awareness to fluent reading typically begins around age three with letter awareness and continues through age five, six or seven with fluent reading. Our K Prep class is beginning working on understanding that words are groups of letters separated by spaces on either side. Children’s names are the most important word to them, so what better place to start!
The first three weeks of K Prep are dedicated to getting back into the swing of things and preparing for our big year of growth! We have been fine tuning our letter sound recognition with letters a-e. We did touch on uppercase letters, but our main focus in K Prep will always be the lowercase letters. Lowercase letters are the letters we will encounter the most while reading our classroom readers. Our focus in writing through next week involves the proper formation and orientation of our first names (almost always start at the top!) Our math study included reviewing one to one correspondence while counting to 20 and recognizing numbers 1-5. Looking forward to a GREAT year!
Creative Tots has specialized in the private education of both toddlers and preschool age children for over 15 years. We began in the heart of Madeira and now also have a new Mason location. We are specifically designed to focus on early childhood development for children ages 18 months to 5 years.
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