Dr. Joe's Special Visit

What a special day it was when Dr. Joe visited our class! He read Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson, taught us about treating injuries with heat packs and ice packs, showed us his very special stethoscope and even gave us our very own medical masks and gloves! We hope you can visit again soon, Dr. Joe!

Making Marvelous Music!

Ms. Lisa recently visited our school and as usual, our students had a fantastic time making music using rhythmic instruments, singing, using teamwork skills with a parachute, and moving to music with scarves and bean bags! Another fun part of the day was moving to music from different countries, including Mexico, Japan and China! Our students especially loved listening to Ms. Lisa read (and sing) a book about singing animals! Thank you, Ms. Lisa!! Click or right click a photo to make it larger.

Speech & Early Language Development for Your Preschooler

Thank you to Colleen Occhino and Meredith Bandish for such a wonderful presentation on Speech and Language Development for Preschoolers at the Farmington Library!

Here are some fantastic tips and tidbits that we learned, that we would love to share with you:

Sound Bombardment books can help your your child learn letter sounds through repetition. Some of the recommended books include:

("J" sound) Sheep on a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

("R" sound) Rotten Ralph by Jack Gantos

("L" sound) Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus; Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Bernard Waber

("SH" sound) Sheep on a Ship and Sheep in a Shop by Nancy Shaw

If  you have iTechnology, consider using the following apps to enhance your child's learning:

- ABC Pocket Phonics

- Kandy Fish

- Buildo Rescue

- Buildo History

- Cookie Doodle

- PBS Kids

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90% of boys and girls can articulate the following letters by/at age 3:

- p, b, m, n, w, a, e, i, o, u

90% of boys and girls can articulate the following letters by/at age 4:

- h, d

90% of boys and girls can articulate the following letters by/at age 4.5:

- k, g

90% of boys and girls can articulate the following letters by/at age 5:

- f, t, blends

90% of boys and girls can articulate the following letters by/at age 6:

- y, v, ing

90% of boys and girls can articulate the following letters by/at age 7:

- L

90% of boys and girls can articulate the following letters by/at age 8:

- r, s, z, th, sh, ch, j

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If you every have questions about your child's speech or language development, we are happy to refer you to fantastic speech pathologists who work with local schools. We welcome any questions you may have!