Dear Parents,

Attached our materials for

you to use to work with your child

this summer to help him/her

prepare for kindergarten.

Included in this packet is

• Practical Life Lessons

• Alphabet chart

• Blends chart

• Pre-Primer Dolch word list

• Comprehension Questions

• Shapes and Numbers 1-20

• Educational web sites

We look forward to working with you in the fall. Have a great

summer!

Sincerely,

The BMV K-1 Team

Practical Life Lessons  

Please select one of these lessons each week to work with your child on.

Care of Self Care of

Environment Development of Social Relat ions

Control of Movement

Changing shoes

Dusting Greeting People Opening and

Closing

Tying shoelaces

Sweeping Interrupting with

‘Excuse Me’ Cutting

Blowing nose and coughing

Care of Pets Apologizing Folding

Hand washing Planting seeds Waiting turns Playing the

Silence Game

   

Xx

x-ray

Aa

apple

Ff

fish

Kk

kite

Pp

pig

Zz

zebra

Uu

umbrella

Bb

bear

Gg

goat

Ll

l ion

Qq

question mark

Alphabet Chart

Vv

violin

Cc

cat

Hh

hand

Mm

monkey

Rr

rainbow

Ww

watch

Dd

duck

I i

igloo

Nn

newspaper

Ss

sun

Ee

egg

Jj

jar

Oo

octopus

Tt

turtle

Yy

yo-yo

Sound Board for Beginning Blends & Digraphs

Beginning Blends

bl cl fl gl sl pl tw

Beginning Digraphs

ch sh th

br cr dr fr gr pr tr thr

wh wr kn

qu

sc sk sm sn sp st sw scr shr spl

spr squ str

twins

glue

flag

cloud

block

plug

slide

chair knot shoe

thumb

whale

brush

crab

dress

frog

grapes

prize

tree

wrench

three

queen

scarf

skunk

smile

snail

spill

star

swing

screw

shrimp

spray

square

stripes

splat

www.secondstorywindow.net

     

Pre-Primer Word List 40 Words

a and away big blue can

come down f ind for

funny go

help here

I in

is i t

jump l i tt le look make me my not one play red run said see the

three to two up we

where yel low you

!

Comprehension Questions Ask some of these questions each time you read a book with your child.

Who was in the story? What would you have done different if you were the author?

What was the problem in the story? How was the problem solved?

What does the story make you think of?

If you could title the story what would your title be and why?

What was the main idea?

Retell the story. What is title of the story?

Describe your favorite character.

How did the story end? How are you like the one of the characters in the story?

How does this story relate to you?

What was your favorite part?

What were the characters names?

What details helped you understand parts of the story?

What is the author trying to say?

If you were the author, what would you change about the book?

What was the setting of the story?

What happened in the beginning?

Who was your favorite character?

What surprised you in the book?

What do you wonder about the book?

Where did the story take place?

What happened in the middle?

Which character would you want to meet?

How else could the story have ended?

Reading

ABCya.com http://www.abcya.com/

All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and

enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn.

Starfall http://www.starfall.com/

Starfall has a systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness

practice, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special

education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL). Starfall is

an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children.

TumbleBookLibrary http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/

TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which

teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love.

Username: broward Password: books

Math

Aplus Math http://www.aplusmath.com/ Was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively.

Smiley Face Math http://www.cdnportfolio.net/smileyfacemath/

This is a Mathematics Program for parents to use during the summer with their child.

Parents can print them out for their child and have them complete one a week.

Identify the following shapes and numbers.

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20

square rectangle triangle

circle

ellipse heart

diamond

octagon

star

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