Vicci Nelson
Principal Alexander Park School
The staff of Alexander Park looks forward to welcoming all of our students back to the start of a new calendar year, 2013.
Teachers are planning many interesting activities and learning opportunities for our students over the coming months.
This next stretch until March break promises to be a busy and productive one – not only reading, writing, and arithmetic but also skating and gymnastics.
Reading with your child, not only promotes a love of reading at an early age, but also lays the foundation for success with reading and writing at school.
Reading together can be a happy and relaxing time for parent and child.
Reading to your child, even when he/she can read is also important.
Read books that are too difficult or long for your child to read alone.
Try reading books with chapters and talk about what is happening in your child the story.
Encourage your child to make predictions about what will happen next and connect characters or events to those in other books and stories.
A few other examples of family literacy include writing a note to a grandparent, sharing a bedtime story, making shopping lists, helping a child with his/her homework, playing games such as Scrabble, encouraging a child to read to his/her grandparents or siblings, or reading and following a recipe.
Family participation in literacy activities enables parents and other family members to become active participants in their children’s education.
It’s never too early to begin family literacy activities.
For parents of young babies to children age 2, Bubbly Babies is a wonderful free drop in program that runs every Monday afternoon from 1 pm to 3 p.m in the APES StrongStart room. Kim Weatherall is now, working alongside Shelley Zajsek, teaching parents fun and interactive songs and rhymes, which are so important in helping babies with brain and sensory stimulation.
It is also a wonderful way to bring parent and child closer together through one on one interaction and touch. Shelley and Kim invite you to come for the whole afternoon, or for whatever time your schedule permits.
The upcoming months as we head toward Spring Break promise to be exciting and busy ones!
Keep up with what is happening through class newsletters, the A.P.E.S. Chatter, or the school website at www.sd6.bc.ca/apes.
