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Moving Up! Families - Pre-K
Parents are the first teachers. This is an exciting time for your child and your family - moving up! from grade to grade in the early elementary years sets the stage for the lifelong learner your child will become.
Does your child have starting school jitters? Do you?
New experiences can be exciting, scary, unnerving and wonderful.  A great way to calm your child's anxieties  (and your's too!) is to read some books about starting school.  Click here to see a long list of books which can help ease your whole family's transition to school. Pick out a few titles every week and start preparing for the future!

Note:  The book list is divided up by age in years, starting with 1 year old through 6 years old and ending with a parent section.  Spanish titles are in red. SCCL after the title indicates that this book is available from the Santa Clara County Library System.  To find out more about their holdings, visit their website by clicking here.  Other titles may be available from online booksellers or other library systems.
What will my child do in Preschool?
They will have lots of fun and engage in lots of learning!  Some schools offer full day preschool and some schools offer part-day preschool.  Take a look at these sample schedules to get an idea about the flow of the day. Thanks to Ms. Phan (Sunnyhills CDC Pre-K) for sharing her half day schedule and to Ms. Juta and Ms. Villalobos (Rose CDC FT #2 Pre-K) for sharing their full day schedule! 
♥ SAMPLE DAILY SCHEDULE ♥
HALF-DAY PRESCHOOL
8:15    Arrival Time
           Greetings
           Children Write Their Names
8:30    Free Play
           Children’s Choice
           Child Directed Activities
9:00    Circle Time
           Music
           Songs
           Finger Plays
           Story
           Lesson
9:15    Work Time
           Table Time
           Small Group
           Teacher Directed Activities
9:35    Outdoor Play
10:00  Wash Hands
           Snack
           Clean Up
10:30  Outdoor Play
10:45  Group Time
           Review
11:00  Departure
           Pick Up Time
11:15  Class Ends
♥ SAMPLE DAILY SCHEDULE ♥
FULL-DAY PRESCHOOL
8:00    Arrival
           Snack
           Free Choice Inside
8:50    Clean up
9:00    Greeting
           Calendar
9:15    Small Group Time
           Arts and Crafts
           Nutrition
           Choice of activity
10:00  Outside Play
10:30  Circle Time
           Story
           Flannel board
           Literacy
           Exercises
           Dancing
11:00  Outside Play
11:30  Lunch
           Nutrition
12:00  Tooth Brushing
12:15  Nap Time
           Quiet Time
2:30    Folding Blankets
           Putting away Beds
2:45    Small Group Time
3:30    Circle Time
3:45    Clean Up
4:00    Outside Activities
5:00    Inside Learning Centers
Agnitus Ignites Children's Learning
As part of the technological infusion in the Milpitas Unified School District – the Child Development Centers are excited to be populating our classrooms with iPad minis—and Agnitus is firing up our kids to play to learn!  If you haven’t seen or heard of Agnitus – Games for Learning, read on to find out how this multi-faceted learning application is changing the way we look at games, skill development and assessment within the preschool setting.

Agnitus is a relatively new company that originally designed age appropriate touch screen games for use in the home.  They have recently adapted their software to be used in a classroom setting and we are pleased to be serving as one of the local guinea pigs! This year we have been acquiring iPad minis at a rapid rate and have been busily integrating them into our 21st century preschool curriculum.

Each day during our “transition time”, groups of children cycle through the classroom that is piloting the Agnitus early learning software on the iPad minis.  This regular iPad routine permits the children to learn and practice both iPad touch screen mechanics and age appropriate skills in math and language.  Furthermore, Agnitus is a 'smart' progression-based technology which adapts based upon the responses of the students—keeping the games fresh and relevant for each child.

Another wonderful component of the Agnitus platform is the assessment analytics.  Teachers can access skill data by child and by classroom.  We are currently learning how to combine this assessment data with that gathered by our traditional assessment method of observation.  Plus—Agnitus is learning from us!  They are studying our children and the classroom use of the application to inform their game and program upgrades.  A win-win!

Want to try Agnitus – Games for Learning at home or in your classroom?  They have a free download on iTunes – check out these features and try it today!

Description:
★         16 curriculum based educational games for 2-5 years old 
★         13 academic skills based on the Common Core State Standards 
★         Parental and classroom report cards for individual skills
Resources
Are you looking for some website resources to support your child?  Click here to access a list of great sites which address a number of topics of parenting and child development.


Why does preschool matter?  And what does a quality preschool look like?  Watch this 6 minute video from the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) and find out!
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For complaints regarding Title IX for Staff, Assistant Superintendent, Human Relations, 
Jonathon Brunson, jbrunson@musd.org  
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    • Title I
  • Schools
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      • Sinnott
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