Brrrrrr... It's cold outside!

Happy New Year to the Kindergarten families at SCOPE Academy! I hope everyone had a magical holiday and spent your days with fun, laughter and joy. My favorite part of my break was spending time with my family and friends, and of course sipping hot cocoa by a warm fire :) Monday and Tuesday are NOT required online school days but are official severe weather days. If your child is missing school activities, here are a few ideas that I know will keep your child engaged!

1. Spread shaving cream on the table and have your child practice writing their sight words in the cream!
2. Pour a cup of milk into a bowl. Then squeeze 2 drops of red food coloring at the top of the bowl, yellow at the bottom, and blue at the opposite side (to form a triangle.) I squeezed a couple of drops of dishwashing liquid into the middle of the bowl, and observe the changes!
3. Subtraction bowling! Set up a bowling ally in your hall way by using plastic cups as the pins. Have your child roll a small bowl down the hallway. Remind your child of how many pins they started with, how many pins they knocked down, and how many pins they are left with.
4. Have an indoor snowball fight! Have your child write sight words on a piece of white paper. Crumple the papers up and on the count of 3...... 1....2....3   THROW! After the paper has been thrown, you and your child find a snowball and open it up. Your child reads the sight word. Use the same snowballs over again so your child can become fluent with those words!
5. If your child wants to relax by the computer, try these programs!

• Starfall.com
• abcya.com

Remember, these are just suggestions, not requirements!

Looking forward to seeing the children on Wednesday! It has been FAR to long! Stay safe and warm!

- Mrs. Bowen :)