Can't get your child to sit down for more than 2 minutes?

Use a kitchen timer!!

Make sure your choose a time that is good for both of you so either before or after dinner or maybe just before bed.

Start with a couple of minutes, even if you child is not done his/her work/reading tell your child the time is up.

Then increase one or two minutes until the child builds 10 to 15 minutes of sitting down and doing work or even just reading for 15 minutes.

Make sure you don't push your child to sit for more than 15 minutes at a time. They can always finish their work the next day.

Make sure they pat their own back and get a bear hug from you when they have completed their work!

looking for FREE Activities for Family day-Check out this site

http://gocanada.about.com/od/canadatravelplanner/qt/family_day_TO.htm

Have a wonderful weekend!

We made our own playground out of recycled materials!

We are learning how to make our work better

We are learning how to make our work better, what does that mean?

It means it's just a lot more work!!

We are celebrating Black History Month (February)

To celebrate Black History Month we read Anansi stories, a West African and Caribbean Folktale. We wrote in sentences what our favourite part was as well as created our own Spiders in 2d and 3d.

Check out our amazing artwork:

This unit integrated literacy, science, math, and art!

Look at our writing work-we are working on inferencing

Inferencing means predicting which is really just a fancy name for guessing. However, our guesses have to based on something...

Teaching the difference between b and d

1) Tell your child that the in order to write the d they have to make a c first and then add the l

to make d


2) the other one is b see's d (bcd)

see if that works

Have you checked out the Public Library-Try it ONLINE

Check out KIDSPACE

http://kidsspace.torontopubliclibrary.ca/

Try the story builder and see what fun stories you and your child can come up with. :)

Helping your child learn to read-A Parent's guide

Check out this website for helpful hints:

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/brochure/earlyreading/index.html


Happy reading!!

Canada Learning Bond for your child's education

http://www.smartsaver.org/canada-learning-bond.shtml

Your child is eligible for the Canada learning bond if your child was born on or after Jan 1st, 2004 and your net income is $40,970 or less.

Look into it TODAY!

Ghost Stories at the Weston Public Library

Duppies, Jumbies, and Old Time Tales

Ghost Stories with West Indian Flavour

Thursday February 17th

6:30 to 7:30pm

Feb 9th - Valentine's Day Crafts @Weston Public Library

Feb 9th - Valentine's Day Crafts @ Weston Public Library

4 - 5pm

no registration required
call 416 394 1016

We are learning about Data Management and Probability

We are starting a new math unit, Data Management and Probability.

In this unit, your child will be learning about making graphs and probability –how likely it is that an event will happen.

The Learning Goals for this unit are:

-Compare, sort, and organize objects into real-life graphs

-Ask questions, collect, and record gathered information on graphs.

-Read graphs and ask questions about information on the graphs.

-Decide whether an event will happen always, sometimes, or never.

You can help your child reach these goals by:

-Sorting small objects of two colours (blue and green buttons).What do we have more of, the blue or green? Use a chart to help you "see" it.

-Have your child ask family members to name their favourite vegetables and create a graph (ie. how many people like carrots more than celery?)