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A typical day in kindergarten
is...
- Morning Announcements
- Opening Activities
- Language Arts
- Snack
- Math
- Special - PE (twice a week),
Music (once a week), and Art (once a week)
- Rest Time
- Outside Recess
- Computer Time
- Center Time (Interdisciplinary)
- Closing Activities
What Is Kindergarten?
Kindergarten is a time
When learning can be fun.
It's creating a friendship
With that very special someone.
It's discovering new things
About our big, big world--
Why boys will be boys...
Why girls will be girls!
It's getting along with others
And learning to play fair.
It's learning how to color
In the lines and how to share.
Kindergarten's the place
Where life's great lessons unfold.
It's learning by doing
And not by being told.
The sky's always the limit
And the stars are always in reach.
These are the very lessons
The kindergarten can teach!
You can prepare yourself as
well as your child...
- Know the school calendar
- Read the teacher and school newsletters
- Know the names of all the teachers
and staff with whom your child is working
- Attend PTA meetings
- Schedule parent-teacher conferences
with your child's teacher
- Become a volunteer in your child's
class and throughout the school
You can help your child get off
to a good start...
- Strengthen responsibility and
independence in your child
- Promote interest in reading and
language use in your child
- Build good health and safety
habits
- Help your child get along with
others
- Build a supportive partnership
with Northwood
Did you know...
- Kindergarten class sizes average
23 students with a full-time teacher assistant.
- Daily schedules for music, PE,
art, and "share time" are sent home at the beginning of the school year.
- A lunch menu is sent home every
two weeks. The prices are set at the beginning of the school year.
- Your child does not need any
school supplies. However, a bookbag/bookpack and coin purse are very helpful
to your child.
- You may want to send a towel
to cover your child's mat during rest time.
- Your child may check out books
from the media center during the first part of October.
- Each class has a daily snack.
A letter detailing procedures is distributed during Sneak Preview in August.
- The school newsletter, "The BEST
of Northwood," is sent home with your child every Friday.
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