Weekly Boost
This Week in Preschool
Week 1
Getting to Know Your Child's Word Skills
Getting to Know Students' Word Skills
Help your child strengthen their language skills by playing letter and word games!
Assess your students' current word knowledge by playing letter and word games!
Rainbow Letters! Practice Writing Uppercase Letters
Worksheet
Rainbow Letters! Practice Writing Uppercase Letters
Say goodbye to boring writing practice with this colorful uppercase letters worksheet that helps improve kids' form and hand control.
preschool
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Alphabet Train
Worksheet
Alphabet Train
All aboard! Let's chug through the alphabet, learning beginning sounds of words. It's a great way to give your preschooler some early language skills.
preschool
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Play Tape Letter Learning Games
Activity
Play Tape Letter Learning Games
In these three games, children work on letter recognition skills with the help of some tape, music, and a few stuffed animal friends.
preschool
Reading & Writing
Activity
Getting to Know Your Child's Math Skills
Getting to Know Students' Math Skills
Help your child prepare for school by reviewing or previewing a variety of math skills like sorting, counting, and identifying shapes.
Begin the year by using activities and games to assess the skills and knowledge students already have.
Treasure Diving: Numbers 0-5
Game
Treasure Diving: Numbers 0-5
1, 2, 3, 4, 5! Help children learn their one-digit numbers in this preschool game.
preschool
Math
Game
Introducing Numbers!
Lesson plan
Introducing Numbers!
In this beginning lesson on numbers, ELs will practice their counting skills using tactile supports and an engaging read-aloud!
preschool
Math
Lesson plan
Introducing the Number Three!
Lesson plan
Introducing the Number Three!
In this introductory math lesson, students will become familiar with the concept of counting and representing numbers with concrete materials. Your students will enjoy using their creativity as they practice representing the number three on their very own!
preschool
Math
Lesson plan
Getting to Know Your Child's Reading Skills
Getting to Know Students' Reading Skills
Help foster a love of reading by taking your child to the library. Make sure that they have their own library card and know where to find children's books. If possible, make this a weekly ritual!
Offer reading materials at a variety of levels, noting which books students are drawn to. If possible, take the time to have informal conversations about their choices.
Reading Shield
Worksheet
Reading Shield
Get students excited about reading by creating reading shields! This activity will prompt conversations about what students have read and want to read.
preschool
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Reading Interest Survey
Worksheet
Reading Interest Survey
Find out how your students feel about reading with this fun survey. This information can be used to help students choose books or start conversations about different reading materials.
preschool
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
What I Like to Read
Worksheet
What I Like to Read
It’s important to find out what your students like to read and are interested in. This worksheet will help you to find out about your students’ interests and start key conversations about choosing reading materials.
preschool
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Getting to Know Your Child's Writing Skills
Getting to Know Students' Writing Skills
Encourage your child to use a variety of writing instruments. Using different types of pens, pencils, markers, and chalk helps build fine motor skills important to writing.
Students' experience with writing tools will differ. Give them the opportunity to try crayons, markers, pencils, pens, and colored pencils.
Prewriting Skills: Vertical Lines
Worksheet
Prewriting Skills: Vertical Lines
By tracing the vertical lines on this writing worksheet, kids strengthen the fine motor skills needed to form letters such as "F" and "L."
preschool
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Prewriting Skills: Circles
Worksheet
Prewriting Skills: Circles
By tracing the circles and bubbles on this writing worksheet, kids strengthen the fine motor skills needed to form rounded letters such as "O."
preschool
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Prewriting Skills: Right Semicircles
Worksheet
Prewriting Skills: Right Semicircles
Children practice drawing the curves that form letters in this sweet tracing worksheet!
preschool
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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