Pool Story

Print out the pictures and tell your child the story.  After, have them put the story in the correct order.  Then, they can answer questions about the story.

 Page 1: Sally wants to go outside and play with her friends!
Questions: What does Sally want to do?  What do you think her and her friends are going to do?

 Page 2: Sally finds her friends. They are going to the pool.  They tell Sally "You can't play with us!  You'll get your clothes all wet!"  Sally feels really sad
Questions: Where are Sally's friends going?  Why can't she play with them?  How does she feel?

 Page 3: Sally tells her mom "They won't let me play with them!  They said I"ll get my clothes wet at the pool."  Sally's mom tells her, "You just need to put on your bathing suit!"
Questions: What does Sally need to put on?

 Page 4: Sally puts on her bathing suit and says "I'm ready for the pool!"  Now Sally feels excited to go find her friends.
Questions: How does Sally feel? What color is her suit?  Where is she going to go?  What will she do in the pool?

Page 5: Sally swims in the pool!  She doesn't worry about getting her clothes wet, because she has her bathing suit!  Sally and her friends have so much fun swimming in the pool!
Questions: What are all the friends doing?  How many friends do you see?

Subitizing

Subitizing is a great skill for kids to have going into kindergarten. Subitizing is when someone can look at a group of objects and know how many objects are there, without having to count.  This website has great information if you would like to learn more: http://www.countingtogether.com/educators.htm.

Show your child one of the pictures and say the number. Don't count the objects out loud, only say the number.  Do this for each page. After you go through it once, have your child say the numbers with you. If they say it wrong, just move on to the next page. With a little bit of practice they will start catching on!

Summer Action Words

 These summer action word pictures can be used in a variety of ways! Use some of my ideas listed below, or come up with some of your own! 

Action game: Show your child the pictures and read them the actions.  Pretend like you have those objects and are using them.

Naming functions: Show your child the picture and have them tell you what you do with each object.  Do the action with your child.

Guess the object: Pretend like you are using one of the objects and have your child guess what you are using. Then switch roles!

Collect the objects: Have your child look around your house for all of the objects.  Then have them do all of the actions for you.

Visual cues: Use these pictures as visual cues if your child is having trouble using an object appropriately.  For example, show them the picture of the sunglasses and tell them to put theirs on.

S is for Summer

Have your child find each "s" and circle it.  What begins with the letter "s" in this picture?