1st semester report cards

It's that time again to see how the girls are doing in school.

Here are some areas where Alexis fully meets her milestones.

Pre-reading/Language
-Recites rhymes, songs and familiar text in a group
-Speaks in complete sentences
Cognitive/Math
-Role counts from 1-20
-Uses words to describe time
-Follows and retells three step directions
-Identifies attributes of shapes
-Identifies characteristics for comparison such as size, color, and shape
-Sorts objects by two or more attributes
Multicultural/Social studies
-Demonstrates culture and home experiences during play
-Engages in simple games with rules in small groups
-Plays cooperatively with a few peers for sustained periods of time, sharing and taking turns
Science
-Identifies safety rules and consequences of unsafe behavior
-Able to identify and locate all common body parts
-Names foods that can keep us healthy and classifies food by their groups
Technology
-Moves through programs with purpose
Art/Musical
-Responds to different forms of music or dance through participation or discussion
-Represents fantasy and real life experiences through pretend play
Physical
*Here she meets ALL her milestones except for:
-Uses writing and drawing instruments with correct grip to make pictures and shapes
-Cuts on a line continuously

Avery is doing great but here are a few areas we need to work with her on
-predicts story content based on cover
-Discusses events based on cover
-Identifies the beginning and end of a story
-Recites the alphabet and identifies some letters in own name (I KNOW she can do this!)
-Understands basic concepts of maps
-Demonstrates an awareness of the uses of money
-Categorizes common living things into plants and animals-living
-Identifies the physical properties of some living and non-living things
-Identifies items that are helpful and harmful to our planet
-Differentiates numerals from letters
-Recalls 3 hidden objects from memory
-Uses classroom tools independently (scissors, glue, brushes, etc.)
-Creates age appropriate representations of real objects and concepts in artwork

Very proud of our girls. Alexis is now going 3 full days a week and Avery continues with 2 half days. In the beginning of May we take Alexis for her first orientation day at Barclay for Kindergarten! She is very excited!