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Welcome, Families!

Raisa Slutsky-Moore

MA Early Childhood

Special Education

15+ yrs working in education,

9 years in preschool education

Kelsey Behlers

BA Psychology

5+ years working with youth with disabilities, MA in progress!

Paisley Townsend

BS, Special Education

Lifetime of experience working with children with disabilities!

Riley Simonton

MA Speech and Language Pathology

Gina Powell

HeadStart Family Mentor

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What do children learn in preschool?

How to be part of a group

Following rules and routines

Social-emotional Skills

Managing strong feelings

Cooperating and managing conflicts

How can I help?

Model how to manage emotions when you’re

upset

Talk about feelings

Help your child think of solutions or second

options when they can’t get what they want

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What do children learn in preschool?

How can I help?

Have conversations with your child

Play with rhymes and letter sounds

Sing

Read

Encourage your child to “write”

(anything they call writing is good!)

Language and preliteracy skills

Using and understanding words

Learning what books, letters, and stories are

Getting their hands and brains ready to write

Starting to hear rhymes and the sounds that make up words

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What do children learn in preschool?

Thinking skills

Problem-solving

Curiosity

Symbolic representation

Beginning science and math

How can I help?

Encourage your child to think of solutions to problems

Wonder out loud to model asking questions

Count, sort, and compare objects

Play pretend

Build and draw

Explore together!

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What curriculum do you use?

Creative Curriculum

Long-term “studies” about concrete objects and concepts

Encouraging questioning, writing, exploring

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What will my child’s day be like?

8:30—Arrive, answer question of the day, breakfast

9:05—Together Time (learning games, greetings, large group learning)

9:20—Small Groups (structured learning activities)

9:35—Choice Time (student-led individual and group learning)

10:20—Together Time (read-aloud, closing)

10:40—Playground

11:05—Dismissal from playground

11:55—Arrive, answer question of the day, lunch

12:35—Together Time (learning games, greetings, large group learning)

1:15—Playground

1:45 Together Time (Read-aloud)

2:00—Small Groups (structured learning activities)

2:15—Choice Time (student-led individual and group learning)

3:10—Good-bye (calm down, wrap up, say good-bye)

3:30—Dismissal

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What does my child need?

Water bottle

Extra clothes

Diapers and wipes if not potty trained

Coat, hat, gloves when weather-appropriate

Meal/snack if not eating school meals

Meal options: pack, free/reduced lunch application, buy meals

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What are pick-up and drop-off like?

Drop-off: Outside Classroom

Pick-up: Playground (AM Class)

Outside Classroom (PM Class)

Don’t forget to sign your child in and out!

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How do we keep children safe and healthy?

Safety Rules, Supervision, Policies

Emergency drills

Birthday foods

Home toys

Daily precautions against germs

Sanitizing

Handwashing

Daily Health Checks

Illness Policy

“How Sick is Too Sick”

—Needs to be 24 hrs free of vomitting, diarrhea, and fever

without meds to return

Current Covid Guidelines

Please call the attendance line if your child is sick!

(970) 490-3336

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What will the first week be like?

Separation Anxiety

Normal, typically improves quickly

Consistent, simple, loving goodbye routine is best

“Staggered Start”

Half class attends Monday, Tuesday

Full class attends Weds, Thursday

Smaller groups to help adjust

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Contacting Us:

Class phone (please call if you need to hear back soon):

(970) 488-4275

Email: rslutskymoore@psdschools.org

TalkingPoints Texting App

More updates:

Class Website—Resources, lesson plans, more

Google Photos Album

How will I know what is happening at school?