Thomasson, N

Welcome to the Division 9 webpage!

Let me introduce myself...

The following page is intended to keep you informed of the happenings in our Kindergarten class. Monthly newsletters will be posted, and other information will frequently be updated. I will send out emails advising parents to check this website whenever I have made an important update.

Sincerely,

Mme Nayda Thomasson

nthomasson@saanichschools.ca

 

A few things you can do to help at home...

Encourage independence

Have your child practice zipping zippers, doing up buttons, opening their own lunch containers, and cleaning up after themselves.

Make sure your child is getting enough rest

Most children at this age need 12 hours of sleep each night. A common bedtime for Kindergarten children is 7:00pm. Children that appear hyper in the evening, are most likely overtired, as opposed to being not tired yet! One of my favourite parenting books is "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" by Dr. Marc Weissbluth.

Practice Printing

Practice printing in whipped cream or pudding. Spread it on a cookie sheet or plate and practice printing letters and numbers! Yummy!

Playing with playdough is a great way for children to strengthen their hands and improve their fine motor skills.

As your child makes the letters, encourage him or her to say the names of the letters out loud.

Play Math Games

Play card games like "Go fish" to practice number recognition. Have your child count small groups of objects, ensuring they use one-to-one correspondence. (Counting each object once.)

Play Alphabet Games

Practice letter recognition by having your child identify letters they see around them in their environment or in books.

READ!

Read picture books to your child daily in English, encouraging them to point out letters they know, words they recognize and encourage predicting rhyming words.

Below are some fun recipes that you can try at home:

 Le Montre et Raconte (Show and Tell)

The following are the show and tell themes for each month. Your child is allowed to bring one item each week on their assigned day. (In other words, they have show and tell approximately 4 times each month.) If they are absent on their day, they may bring their item in the following day.

Please have the children bring the item (hidden) inside a bag. We will be asking questions to guess what it is as a way of practising our French oral language.

Themes:

octobre: Family Photo

novembre: Fall or something that tells us about themselves (ex. a swimming badge they earned, a photo of your child doing an activity/sport they enjoy, etc.)

decembre: Family tradition (This can be a photo or explanation of something that you do as a family every year. For example, decorating a Xmas tree, visiting Butchart Gardens, family movie night, going camping in the summer, etc.)

janvier: A favourite toy (***The only month they can bring a toy!!!)

février: Something I love (a small item, a photo of someone they love, a book they love, or something they love doing, etc.)

mars: Pets / Animals

avril: Spring or something from nature

mai: Things that rhyme. Choose 2 things that rhyme- the words can be in English! (ex. a sock and a rock, a box and a fox, a house and a mouse, a potato and a tomato, etc.) The child will show us one of the things. We will identify it, and see if we can guess what the second object is. 

juin: Free choice, but no toys please!  (As the last week is only a partial week, we will not have Show and Tell that week.)

Class Schedule

Monday/lundi Abbey	Tuesday/mardi Alex	Wednesday/mercredi Arran Bo	Thursday/jeudi Braydee	Friday/vendredi Corinn
Corey	Emily	Ellie	Hudson	Joshua
Lily	Luke	Otto	Paige	Ronan
Samantha	Summer	Nate	Zoe