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Understanding emotions
Helping children identify, understand, and communicate feelings is of utmost importance for a child’s social and emotional development. Teaching the children the vocabulary to help identify, communicate, and regulate their emotions is key to building healthy relationships with their peers, teachers, and families.💙
One great way to introduce emotions is to read a fun book that the children can relate to! The book, My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss is a great avenue to open up the topic of emotions and feelings in little ones!
First, the children listen attentively as the character in the book goes through an array of emotions, including excitement, sadness, happiness, anger, and even confusion. Once they have an opportunity to share their favorite part of the story, the lesson moves over to their desks, where the children will integrate the story in the book with a fun drawing lesson!
The teacher now discusses how a person’s face can help us identify someone else’s emotions, even when they are not ready to use words to tell us how they feel. As a class, they learn how to draw frowning angry faces, sad faces, happy faces, etc.
Next, the children were asked to draw and identify how different colors make them feel! The results are unique, and we now have a great bunch of very emotionally aware kiddos!
Exciting Math Activities for Pre-K
In our Pre-K classrooms, we do a variety of activities to introduce math. Today we practiced patterns, classifying, and sorting activities.
Patterns are arrangements of things that repeat in a logical way. Those arrangements of colors, shapes, gestures, sounds, images, and numbers are crucial concepts for young kids and contribute heavily to their early math understanding.
Classifying and sorting activities help children develop a range of thinking skills and build the foundations for later problem-solving.
Friends and Family Referral Rewards Program
We are pleased to present our referral program in which both you and the families you refer will both be rewarded!
When you refer a friend or family member to us, you will earn $100 off of your tuition and will also pass along the savings to your friends and family!
We appreciate your support of our programs.
Your positive comments are our best form of advertising.
*The offer is for new families only. No cash value and credit applied to tuition only. $100 will be credited once tour referral’s 3rd month in a program begins. By arrangement schedules excluded from this offer.
Prepare For Each Day of School
Here are some helpful tips for you and your child to plan ahead so that you can be confident on each school day!
#1: Pick out your clothes the night before.
It’s always a good idea to pick out an outfit in advance so that you do not have to rush and pick it out in the morning.
#2: Get your backpack and any supplies you need for school ready.
Once you have all the items needed checked off your list, place them by the door so you can grab them on your way out the door without forgetting anything!
#3: Pack your lunch or purchase your hot lunch in advance
If you pack your lunch, always pack it the night before so you can place them in your lunchbox quickly in the morning.
If you purchase lunch through Action Day’s hot lunch program, buy in advance so that you never forget.
*We allow you to purchase for the month in advance, so you do not have to think twice about lunch!
#4: Set your alarm clock!
Before going to bed, always double-check that your alarm is set so that you are on time, especially on the first day!
#5: Get a good night’s rest!
Setting a sleep schedule for your child is essential for success since it will help prevent fatigue during the day. Getting the amount of sleep needed for your child’s age can help students perform their best!
