- Is teaching handwriting developmentally appropriate in preschool? Yes, K teachers would like them to continue teaching handwriting the way they always have. K teachers are concerned about bad habits formed when no formal instruction is given.
- What handwriting program do you use? Zaner-Bloser is our handwriting system.
- What order are you teaching the letters? We follow the Scott Foresman program for the order. Judy will get the order to Lauren and Jaime.
- Do y0u expect them to write their first and last name? First name only. We try to have them start with a capital letter and the rest lowercase letters.
- What should the preschool teachers focus on? Is there an area of weakness? Keep doing what you are doing!
- How do you teach the letters/sounds in preschool? They use the same format for naming sounds as Heggerty. "Name is __, Sound is _____." They also teach rhyming and blending sounds. They cover the first 3 weeks of our blue book program over and over again.
- Do you think Handwriting Club will help? Yes!! K teachers have trouble with focusing on grips. Nice to have a small group in handwriting club.
- K teachers would like to have help with some preschool strategies. We would love to know about pay attention pie, how does your engine run, other social/emotional strategies. After the preschool teachers present to other preschools they will present to K at a PLC.
- Transition to K--We will need to discuss this further in the spring.
Cyndi has 7 boxes of Reading Recovery materials if you are interested. Please see her if you want to look through them.
Have a good week!
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