Preschool Newsletter

The Early Childhood Team (in no special order):

• Carla Ciardelli, Early Childhood Program Coordinator
• Zohara Zarfati, Early Childhood Special Education Coordinator
• Tracy Towle, PreK Special Educator
• Maureen McNally, PreK Special Educator

If you are interested in a special topic, have a question, or would like to share something, please email Zohara Zarfati, Early Childhood Special Education Coordinator at zzarfati@kingdomeast.org.

Note: Please make sure to include "for newsletter" in the Subject line of the email.

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Skills to explore while you have fun: SOCIAL: taking turns, give and take, EMOTIONAL: dealing with a range of emotions and managing a surprising monkey jump (some kids will need to watch it first), ACADEMIC: math vocabulary like counting, "less" and "more"; FINE MOTOR: using the right strength to push and pull the bananas, catch the jumping monkey in the air. HAVE FUN!!

Movement is the door for learning. Through movement children can practice those pre academic skills, so crucial for their success later in life like self regulation, following directions, using a model and socializing. Here is a whole body movement example:

In this video you will see a variety of fabulous skills for your child to work on: a variety of fine motor skills, cognitive planning, and executing according to a plan or simply exploring. Following a model and taking academic risks build the confidence of the young learner. Encourage your child to make his/her own unique pattern and most importantly, enjoy the process!

Here is a great example for skills we gain while listening to a story: use of imagination, increasing vocabulary, focus and attention, the art of asking questions, responding, predicting, identifying a pattern, developing conversation skills, developing empathy and the emotional vocabulary

Just a reminder to make sure that each and every child gets the opportunity to play.

Why did the banana go to the doctor?

Because it wasn't "peeling" well

If you would like to share a special activity of your students, please email Zohara Zarfati, Early Childhood Special Education Coordinator at zzarfati@kingdomeast.org.