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Why study roads? Roads are all around us. Roads take us to school, to the store, and to visit family and friends. A study of roads provides children with an opportunity to learn how roads are made, where roads take us, how we can stay safe on the road, and the features that make up a road. When children work together to create roads, they use a variety of skills to plan, write, draw, build, and negotiate with others.

We turned our home living center into an auto shop!

We began working in our Kick Start Kindergarten workbooks this week. We start with the letter F because teaching in a developmental order helps children master skills and boosts confidence. We teach the easiest skills first, then build on prior knowledge. Capitals are taught first, and lowercase letters follow.

Balancing involves movements to help stabilize the body's position when the person is not at rest. Balance can be static or dynamic. Dynamic balance requires holding a stable position while the body is moving, such as while jumping and landing. Children's ability to balance affects their performance of gross-motor tasks.

We demonstrated our knowledge of the characteristics of living things by watching a video on the life cycle of a frog. The children then had to color, cut and glue the life cycle pictures in the correct order. Young children are interested in living things and activities like this make them aware that living things go through a growth cycle.