UDA Creative Arts Preschool

Mastering alphabet recognition and sounds takes a great deal of practice. Several parents have asked how they can support learning at home.  Here are a few of suggestions: 1. Read to your child.  Ask you child about the books he or she is reading at preschool.  2. Place dollop of shaving cream on a place mat and let your child draw an alphabet letter from a deck of flash cards or a bowl of plastic letters (these can be found at the dollar store). Ask your child to write the letter (capital and lowercase) in the shaving cream and make the sound of that letter.   3. Take every opportunity to learn by looking for alphabet letters while you travel, grocery shop or around your home. Discuss the letter of the week and search for it with your child.  4. When practicing writing your child's name make sure to start with a capital and then use all lower case letters. This is how children will write their name in preschool and kindergarten and it is confusing to a child if they have to re-learn how to write their name.  There are some great websites available that can help your child master important skills. We recommend the following websites: http://www.starfall.com/ abcmouse.com http://pbskids.org/games/abc/   UDA Preschool