Parents As Teachers
Lee's Summit R7 School District
November 2016
Email: kerry.boehm@lsr7.net
Website: http://pat.lsr7.org/
Location: 905 NE Bluestem Drive, Lee's Summit, MO 64086
Phone: (816) 986-2480
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LSR7PAT
You are your child's first and most important teacher!
What they really want...
Improve Your Child’s Listening Skills
We have become a very visual society. Most of us learn and retain information best when we have visual information. But developing strong listening skills is very important for academic success and overall language development. During the first six years of life, children must learn to listen effectively. Parents can show their child how to receive, understand, and use the information they hear.
You can do the following activities at home to improve your child’s listening skills:
-Talk about what your child wants to talk about and show interest in the topic. Listen attentively, with a body posture that shows interest. Answer questions and add new information about the topic.
-If your child is particularly excited to tell you something, drop everything, if you can, and give your complete attention to your child. This will result in more willingness to communicate, and you are also setting a good example of how to actively listen when someone has something important to say.
-Set aside a daily sharing time with your child. Many times it is great to do this as part of a bedtime routine. You can both review the events of the day and comment / recall things that happened. This should be in a quiet place without competing with the t.v. or radio.
-Learn to communicate directions and questions at the level your child can understand. Many parents say too much, too quickly. Children soon quit listening when the message is too hard to understand.
-Help your child look and listen at the same time. Get into the habit of pointing and gesturing when giving directions. Pantomime actions when describing or relating a story. This improves your child’s looking/listening skills and maintains interest, as well.
Once you are sure that your child is a good listener, you can then help the child work on comprehension or understanding.
Listening comprehension involves two abilities:
-Hear a question, mentally organize information, and give an appropriate response.
-Hear and understand directions, then move the body to carry it out.
Guidelines for listening comprehension:
1-2 years
*Follows a simple 1 step direction: “Come here.” or “Throw this away.”
*Responds to simple questions: “Where’s the _____?”
2-3 years
*Follows a variety of 1-step directions including those with concept words: "Bring me the big ball."
*Can answer yes/no questions
*Can answer questions about familiar actions, such as, eating, drinking and sleeping.
*Can follow simple, 2-step directions: “Get your coat and put it on.”
3-5 years
*Responds to 2 and 3 step directions which include position and quantity
*Answers “How and Why?”
*Can problem solve
*Responds to if/then directions
*Can answer questions with time concepts (yesterday, tomorrow, etc.)
Melissa Finneseth
Speech/Language Pathologist
It's Cold and Flu Season...Information from our Health Room
Surviving the Cold and Flu Season
1. Wash Your Hands
Soap 'em up often and scrub well. You pick up germs on your fingers and can get them in your mouth or eyes. Many viruses spread that way.
2. Get Your Flu Shot
You may think of the flu as only a minor problem, but it can be very serious. The flu can even be dangerous, especially for young children, older adults, and pregnant women. It’s a myth that the flu vaccine can give you the flu.
3. Pay Attention to Symptoms
Cold or flu? There's no surefire way to tell the symptoms apart. Even your doctor may not be sure which one you have without testing. Usually, colds are milder. You might have a runny or stuffy nose. The flu is usually more severe and comes on suddnely. Fever, body aches, and exhaustion are more common with it.
4. Stay Home if You're Sick
Keep your child home if they are sick. Your cold could last longer, and you could also spread germs to other people.
From our Librarian
Great books for the month of November:
The Little Scarecrow Boy by Margaret Wise Brown
Happy Thanksgiving, Biscuit! by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
One Little Two Little Three Little Pilgrims by B.G. Hennessy
I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson
10 Fat Turkeys by Tony Johnston
The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis
Thanksgiving Mice by Bethany Roberts
Leaves by David Ezra Stein
The Night Before Thanksgiving by Natasha Wing
Little Boo by Stephen Wunderli
Leaves by David Ezra Stein
Ten Fat Turkeys by Tony Johnston
Happy Thanksgiving, Biscuit! by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
One Little Two Little Three Little Pilgrims by B.G. Hennessy
The Little Scarecrow Boy by Margaret Wise Brown
Little Boo by Stephen Wunderli
Make a wreath with outdoor treasures!
Do an I Spy game in the leaves
Match like leaves or add letters to work on matching
Simple turkey with tissue paper.
Make a snack! A fruit turkey!
Trace hands and feet for a turkey!
Move the pieces around in the bag.
Pipe cleaner turkey.
Just a fun craft!
Turkey Watching
When: All Month Long
Where: Burr Oak Woods Nature Center (1401 NW Park Rd., Blue Springs, MO).
Admission: FREE
Details: Burr Oak Woods Nature Center is home to wild turkeys and the Bird Watching Center is a wonderful observation room for families to watch the birds strut and gobble! Note: The turkeys are free to roam, so you may or may not see any depending on "their mood."
Contact Information: 816-228-3766, www.mdc.mo.gov
Mayor's Christmas Tree Lighting
Friday, Nov 18, 2016, 06:00 PM
Downtown Lee's Summit Main Street, Southeast 3rd Street, Lee's Summit, MO, United States
Upcoming Acitivities
Developmental Screenings for 3 Years to Pre-kindergarten
Do you have a 3-5 year old (pre-kindergarten)? Do you reside in the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District?
PARENTS AS TEACHERS IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULING DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENINGS. Schedule a DIAL-4 screening to provide an overview of your child’s development.
Appointments are required, call 816-986-2486.
Baby Sign Langugae
Tuesday, Nov 15, 2016, 06:30 PM
Great Beginnings Early Education Center, Bluestem, Lee's Summit, MO, United States
Infant Massage
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