Birthday Slip
Dear Pathways Families,
This week, our little Tigers continued their learning adventure by going on a fun “sound hunt,” listening closely to discover, identify, and talk about the different sounds around them. They also explored creating and playing their own songs using simple patterns, encouraging creativity, rhythm, and self-expression, while beginning to understand sequences by identifying what comes first, next, and last.
This upcoming week, children will explore rhyming words through a fun matching game, practice listening and language skills by creating sentences, and use musical instruments to connect sounds with different types of weather. They will also investigate how sound creates movement by observing how vibrations affect materials like grains and water, helping them understand the difference between loud/soft and fast/slow sounds.
We are truly grateful for the thoughtful messages, generous gifts, and kind gestures shared during Teacher Appreciation Week. Your support and appreciation mean so much to us, and it is a joy to work alongside such caring families and wonderful students each day.
We are also excited to invite your child to join our Summer Camp! It’s a special opportunity for children to continue learning through play, build strong friendships, and feel confident in a joyful and familiar environment. Summer Camp is a beautiful way for them to connect with new classmates and teachers, helping them feel ready, comfortable, and excited for what’s ahead. We would love to have them be part of this experience! Check out our website for more information.
Reminders:
May 13: For our current PK4 parents, we are holding a parent engagement session to introduce the transition to Kindergarten. We look forward to seeing all PK4 parents there! Please find the details below.
May 19/20: Parent-Teacher Conference
If you have any questions or would like more information, please feel free to get in touch; we’re always here to help!
Have a great weekend!
Warmly,
Pathways Team 💛
Learning Goal
I Wonder… Which Cards Rhyme Together?
Children will engage in a rhyming matching game by flipping over picture cards, identifying pairs of words that share the same ending sounds. They will then use the rhyming pairs to create simple sentences, strengthening their phonological awareness and language skills.
At home, children can play a simple rhyming game by finding or naming objects and thinking of words that rhyme (e.g., “cat–hat,” “dog–log”). Families can take turns saying words and creating silly rhyming sentences together to strengthen listening and language skills in a fun way.
Learning Goal
Canasta de Sonido
Los niños saldrán a caminar por la escuela para buscar sonidos iniciales, identificando los sonidos con los que comienzan diferentes objetos que observan a su alrededor.
En casa, los niños podrán realizar una “búsqueda de sonidos iniciales” con su familia, identificando objetos cotidianos y diciendo el sonido con el que comienzan (por ejemplo, “mesa” empieza con /m/). También podrán dibujar o nombrar sus objetos favoritos y practicar sus sonidos, fortaleciendo el lenguaje y la conexión entre el hogar y la escuela.
Learning Goal
How Does Sound Make Things Move?
Children will explore how sound creates movement by observing how vibrations affect materials like grains on plastic wrap and water in a bowl. They will compare loud and soft, as well as fast and slow sounds, building early scientific thinking and observation skills.
At home, children can explore how sound creates movement by placing small grains on plastic wrap or observing water in a bowl while tapping nearby objects. Families can encourage children to notice and describe how louder or faster sounds create bigger movements, supporting early science and observation skills.
Learning Goal
How Can We Move and Sound Like the Weather?
Children will explore a variety of musical instruments, listening carefully to the different sounds they make and connecting them to types of weather. They will describe their ideas using simple sentences, building creativity, listening, and language skills.
At home, children can explore sounds using household items (pots, containers, spoons) and connect them to different types of weather, such as rain, wind, or thunder. Families can model and encourage simple sentences like, “This sound is like rain,” helping build creativity, listening, and language skills.
Learning Goal
What can I do when I feel angry?
We are going to talk about feeling angry and good choices we can make when we feel angry through a puppet show and drawings. Everyone gets angry sometimes and that it is okay and normal to feel angry. The important thing is what people do when they are angry.
Model putting your hand on your chest and taking a deep breath as a reminder to children that you stop and think when you have big feelings.
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Spanish /Music & Movement
Children at this young age thrive in a joyful, fun-filled environment where their days are filled with laughter, song, and love.
Children connect best with real and authentic learning experiences that are grounded in nature, family, and community.
Children at this young age are fascinated with nature and how the world works, so we want them to explore, discover, question, and research their world.