Head Start Newsletter

January- February 2019

What Is Head Start Learning?

 Every day we go over the alphabet and count

from 1 through 10 and then we count backwards.
(Everyone is getting great at it!)
 We are learning about clothing and how they are
made. The children’s favorite books about
clothing are “Pete The Cat and His Four Groovy
Buttons” and also the “Polar Bears Underwear”
 In the Dramatic play we have set up a salon. The
children love doing the dolls hair, doing their
makeup. They even do their teacher’s hair and
makeup!

Other Classroom News

 It’s a new semester and we have two new
teachers! (Julia Haglund and Molly Ward)
 Starting in February we will start home
visits.
 In February we will be learning about Community
Helpers.
 We will continue to work on letters, numbers and
friendship.

Reminders
 Remember to bring snow clothes for your
children! (gloves, coats, snow pants, etc)
Do you ever struggle with having your children behave at home? Or ever have a hard time getting them

to do anything around the house? There is an article that gives suggestions for parents who are having

a hard time getting their child to behave the way they behave at their preschool. The article is called “20

Tips for Parents From Preschool Teachers,” by Marguerite Lamb.

Here are 10 out of the 20 tips from the article:

1. Expect more

2. Resist doing for them what they can do for themself

3. Don’t redo what they’ve done

4. Let them solve simple problems

5. Assign a chore

6. Praise is key

7. Develop Predictable routines

8. Lighten up

9. Warn of transitions

10. Use sticker charts and rewards Judiciously

There are more details in the article that will help you get your children to be more independent at home.

You can read the article at https://www.parents.com/parenting/better-parenting/advice/20-tips-for-

parents-from-preschool-teachers/. Additional resources and articles are available on www.parents.com.