Hello Preschool Families,
Fine motor skills are an essential part of preschool. Many children enter school with low fine motor skills. We use a variety of activities at school to develop these skills, but you can also help your child develop these skills even further at home during play and daily activities. Here are some ideas that you could try:
These are just a few ideas! Hopefully you find some of these helpful for your child at home. Blessings, Ms. Barker
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Hello Preschool Families, Yesterday I had the opportunity to go to Columbus with Mr. Bickel and Pastor Jud to testify in favor of school choice and for the continuation and expansion of the EdChoice scholarship program. I am so glad that I had this chance to share my opinion with the Ohio Statehouse HB9 conference committee. Advocating for my students and for the rights of families in general to choose the best education for their children is very important to me. If you are interested, you are able to watch my testimony here: https://www.ohiochannel.org/video/conference-committee-2-17-2020-am-sub-h-b-no-9 I was the first to testify yesterday so my speech starts after Chairman Jones's introduction. My testimony, unfortunately, was cut off because I did reach the 5 minute mark and was told I had to stop. I would like to include the final paragraph for you to read, just in case you'd like to see it. Here it is: "I appreciate your time today. I believe that we all need to work together to provide the best education possible for the students in Ohio. We should support families to make the choice that is best for them, whether that is public school, private school, charter school, or homeschooling. Every family should have that choice and should have access to financial means to make that choice possible. This is the only way to truly level the playing field and close the achievement gap so that all students can be successful both inside and outside of the classroom. You have the power today to help make that a reality. Thank you." If this issue speaks to you and you wish to get involved, the conference committee will continue to hear testimony through Thursday. If you are unable to make it to Columbus and would still like to share your opinion/story, then you can submit a written statement to the committee. You can email your statements here: Primary&[email protected]
Again, I am so glad that I had this opportunity to share my opinion with Ohio legislators about such an important issue to me and to many of the families at our school. If you have any questions about this issue, please email me. I'll do my best to answer them and if I am unable to, then I will reach out to others with greater expertise to provide answers for you. Blessings, Ms. Barker Hello Preschool Families! Since we are exploring our 5 senses this month at school, I wanted to provide you with some ideas for how you could continue this exploration together with your child at home. I hope you'll find at least some of these helpful and enjoyable. Sight:
Hearing:
Smell:
Touch:
Taste:
I hope you are able to try some of these activities with your child! Enjoy! Blessings, Ms. Barker |
Ms. BarkerPreschool teacher at ILS. Archives
August 2021
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