Natick Preschool

March Spirit Week 2023

(Your child's teacher may do a variation of this schedule)

Monday March 6th

Crazy Sock Day

Tuesday March 7th

Wear Blue and Red

Natick Spirit

Wednesday March 8th

Wear your favorite sports team clothing

Thursday March 9th

Wear your favorite color

Friday March 10th

Mix It Up day! Wear anything you want!

Social Justice Parenting: Raising Compassionate, Anti-Racist, and Socially Conscious Children

Tuesday, March 7 at 7pm via Zoom -- For parents, caregivers, and community members of all ages

This program will address how to raise children who work to promote justice, compassion, and belonging for themselves and others. Dr. Traci Baxley will discuss the principles of Social Justice Parenting and offer strategies for implementing these values into your daily life. Simultaneous ASL and Portuguese Language Interpretation will be provided at this event. Register and learn more about this FREE online program and all our upcoming events at www.SPARKKindness.orgReminder for Parents Who Want to Volunteer--CORI Checks

Early Literacy Skills:

Print Concepts

• Letters and Words

• Word Length

• Visual Discrimination

Phonological Awareness

• Rhyming and Word Families

• Blending, Counting and Sequencing Syllables

• Isolating Initial, Final and Medial Phonemes

Looking for an Interesting Read?

*The Incredible Years: A Trouble-Shooting Guide for Parents of Children

Aged 2-8 by Carolyn Webster Stratton

*How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber

Reminder If you want to volunteer in schools, you must have a CORI check conducted and you must go into the building with identification (drivers license or passport) to do this. Click here for description of what a CORI check is and does. Without a CORI check, you cannot volunteer in the school. Here is the form to fill out for a CORI. Preschool volunteer opportunities include being a Mystery Reader for the class, presenting a family tradition and supporting special projects.

Support Social Emotional Learning and Independence at home using the same language and systems we use at school

• Yoga: Belly Breathing
  

• Handwashing at Home video

• Schedules, Visuals, Daily Living and Social Emotional Learning These can help!

• Make Clean-Up Fun Gracie's corner clean up song

• What is the Preschool Flip?

  Fleece! Jackets! Chilly weather calls for additional layers. Use the linked video to practice the Preschool Flip to build your child's independence putting on a jacket. They will be so proud of themselves and you will have your hands free for extra hugs!

• How To Use PBIS at Home complete with printable red birds (don’t have a printer? Have your child make some red birds or choose what household item you can use to represent completion of a task.)

Natick Public Schools does not discriminate in employment nor its educational programs, services, and activities based on race, creed, color, age, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, physical and intellectual differences, immigration status, homeless status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Please be aware all electronic communication to and from Natick Public Schools is public record and subject to public disclosure per Massachusetts General Law Chapter 66, Section 10.

• Title I: Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990Title II
• Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990Title VI
• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964Title IX
• Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
• MGL, Ch.76, Section 5: Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 76, Section 5