MISS FODOR’S
WEEKLY
Week of October 7th, 2019
CONTACT ME!
Miss Lex Fodor
Email:
agf2064@hawkmail.hacc.edu
Phone:
(555)555-5555 ext:5555
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Please feel free to reach out to
me with any questions or
concerns throughout the
course of the school year!
NEWSLETTER
BENEFITS OF PLAY
Play is beneficial to children of all ages, but especially to young children. We
have learned from studies that play is an integral part of brain development.
We have found that it can contribute to things like development of language,
attention, social/emotional skills, self-regulation, and problem solving skills
as well.
All of the things listed above can be achieved with adult assistance otherwise
known as intervention. Us as educators and parents need to aide our
students by creating playful environments and pushing children to play in
more complex ways. These complex ideas of play could be modeling a person
they know or techniques/skills they’ve seen others do.
“Almost all creativity involves purposeful
play.” – Abraham Maslow
IDEAS FOR PLAY AT HOME
One way you can help your student at home is to encourage play! Enable
them to let their mind’s soar with toys and interractive games that are age-
appropriate and stimulate them. For example, find a fun game that
incorporates counting or other similar skills. You could also get them toys
that encourage imaginative play like dress up clothes, a cashier, or even a
kitchen set. If you want your child to work on their fine motor skills, you
could have them do things like make bracelets with beads. This will not only
challenge their hand-eye coordination, but also inspire creativity. There are
also many online tools like learning websites that could be implemented, but
don’t let that be your child’s only source of play!
MORE HELPFUL INFORMATION
Check out this website for more information about development with play, or
more ideas on how to challenge your student in a play setting!
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/why-
children-need-play-0/
 Alexis Fodor

Educ 111

Professor Danielle Bottiglieri

October 9th, 2019

Parent Newsletter Reflection

In this assignment I learned how important it is to have open communication with parents. This helps to create a
steady environment for each student were all influential adults in their lives are on the same page. I believe this
assignment was important becasuse it challenged me to write a parental letter from another perspective. With my
experience in the child-care field, I’ve written numberous informational letters to parents. However, I have never written
one with outside information. Typically I would write a half sheet about events/important information going on within the
classroom. With that being said, the thought of writing a newsletter was fairly easy for me. The challenging part was
coming up with a way to educate parents on the importance of play in a way that they could understand and relate to. One
thing that I would change in the future would be to incorporate a bit of outside learning for the parents, but also include
things from the classroom. In this particular assignment, it did not allow for classroom personalization. I do think it’s
important to have both aspects though.