Story Time - Language Arts Activity book help

Dear parents,
Well we're well under way now - the first two weeks have flown by and we're all settled back into our school routine - let's hope that there will be no interruptions this term - it's so important to have continuity and stability for our little 'bundles of joy'.
I'm happy to see that most of you watched the power points as the children are understanding and picking up the material quickly - thank you for taking the time to show and explain the material to them.

STORY TIME - ‘Stories and More’ activity book – orange book

As parents I would like to keep you ‘in the picture’ as we say. Every week we read a new story that goes with that week’s theme. I would like to give you a basic idea of the stories.
I have compiled a summary of the different stories that will be read this term and will post them up each week here on my blog so that firstly you know which story your child is doing and so that you can understand and thus enrich the homework they have from the Stories and More activity book.

T3 Wk1 - “Traffic” a story about a little car making its way through the city and the countryside. The story introduces ‘giving directions’ for driving the car and the use of opposite words.

Directions ; go, turn, right, left,
into, out of, under, over….

Opposite words; empty - full / wide - narrow
big - little / inside – outside
near – far away / dark – light

Enrichment:
help your child try and practice these commands / directions when you are driving around the city together. Also practice saying the opposite words. (these can both be made into games which the children will enjoy more.)

Story Time – T3 Wk2 - “Little Quack” – having the courage to try something new

This story is about a family of ducklings and how their mother tells them it is time for them to leave the comfort and safety of their nest and get into the water – it’s their first time for going into the water and they are all afraid to do so.
So the mother duck gently encourages them to jump in ….”I know you can do it – you’re big now – too big for the nest – you’re brave …”
The ducklings muster up their courage and one by one get into the water – Little Quack is the smallest and the least brave (most afraid) but even he finally gets up his courage and jumps into the water.
After they have jumped in, each duck immediately feels proud of his achievement and says, “Look at me….look at me…I’m swimming….” They enjoy the water and playing in it.

This story encourages us to do new things and that when we believe we can do something (and especially when someone who loves us believes in us too), then we can do them. And then after we’ve been brave and done it then we can be proud of these achievements.

Remember that as your child is growing he / she is constantly facing new challenges which they are learning to do and meet. Always encourage your child to try new things (of course they must be age appropriate and attempted in a safe environment with adult supervision). Children need to be shown how to do things and then let them do it themselves -
The key is to encourage and praise their efforts - no matter how the results turn out - they will feel proud and confident in their new independence and abilities.

I do hope that these summaries will help and enrich your child's education and also their love of reading stories.

Have a great weekend and look out for our next newsletter - out soon.

Ms Rowena