🗣️ Oral language 🗣️ is the process of learning how to communicate ideas through spoken words. Parents, teachers, and other adults can support oral language development by encouraging children to engage in purposeful conversations. One way to do this is by telling jokes and explaining the play on words and background information that students may not yet understand. (For example: "A school is where you go to learn, but a school is also what we call a group of fish!") Here are a few to get you started! 😂🤣😂🤣
Keep moving this summer, Vann families! Here are some fun activities you can do together to keep your bodies strong and flexible!
As we transition from one school year to another, we say goodbye to some beloved and dedicated teachers who will be moving on to new adventures. Whether they've invested one year or many, each has made an impact on our school family that will last for a lifetime. Please help us wish these Vann team members a fond farewell! We will miss you!
Things are starting to look ✨ SHINY ✨ in the Vann kindergarten hallway! Our custodians continue their hard work to get our building ready for another school year and we are thankful for them!
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One of the best ways to keep learning happening during the summer is to READ! Head to the library or bookstore and find some books! You just might see some of our Vann staff's favorites!
WAY BACK WEDNESDAY...featuring ALL the shaving cream we put on Mrs. New and Mr. Coatney during the 2024-2025 school year! 🤣😂🥰
🗣️ Oral language 🗣️ is the process of learning how to communicate ideas through spoken words. Parents, teachers, and other adults can support oral language development by encouraging children to engage in purposeful conversations. Use these Would You Rather questions in the car, around the table, or at other times during your summer routine to make growing your student's oral language skills fun (and funny!)
Here's another summer reading program for students! Reading Rewards from Chuck E. Cheese gives students Play Points for reading and students can earn this reward every two weeks. Download your reading calendar at https://www.chuckecheese.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/LSM_Rewards_Calendar_Reading.pdf and keep reading!
The Vann library media center is the heart of our school! Bright, inviting, and student-friendly, Vann kids love to visit both during their weekly class time and on their own during library "free flow" hours. We are grateful for our school library media specialist, Ms. Etter, for all she does to engage our students in reading and learning! Check out these statistics from the 2024-2025 school year that prove the library is THE PLACE TO BE at Vann!
Summer learning isn't just for students! Today Vann teachers and staff started the first of two summer book studies. First up, we're reading The Missing Link to Help Them Think by Marilee Sprenger. We will use Google Classroom to discuss what we learn from this book and how it can make us better educators!
It's June, and the Faulkner Country Library has a ton of opportunities of all kinds available for kids! Take a look!
If you don't have plans to go anywhere this summer, you can create your own fun experiences at home! This week can be Art Week, and here are some ways you can get your kids' creativity flowing!
🌵 The more that you read....
Maybe instead of reading to earn pizza, your child would rather read books to get more books!* Students can do exactly that with the Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program. Read books (purchased, borrowed, or that they already own), write about their favorite parts, and then collect a free book! Get all the details at https://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our-stores-communities/summer-reading-program/.
*You can do both. Mrs. New would definitely do both. 😉
Hey, Vann family adults...do you remember participating in the Pizza Hut "Book It!" program when you were in school? Since 1984, this program has helped turn reading progress into delicious pizza, and this year it debuts a new, easy to use app for tracking reading adventures. Get your child signed up for "BOOK IT! Summer of Stories" by downloading the app and setting a June reading goal by June 1. Then, every page they turn will bring them closer to earning a monthly pizza reward! Find more information at: https://blog.pizzahut.com/pizza-hut-debuts-first-ever-book-it-app/.
👀Scavenger Hunt👀 Saturday! Here's a fun activity the whole family can enjoy! Share a picture in the comments of one thing your student found! Vann staff, you can participate, too!
The public library kicks off their summer programming tomorrow with a day-long celebration. Stop by for activities and give-aways and get ready to Color Our World!
Keep moving this summer, Vann families! Here are some fun activities you can do together to keep your bodies strong and flexible!
What's the big deal about reading to our kids? ⬇️
