Parents as partners 

Communications with parents

Preschool Education. Produced by MELS & F.C.P.P.Q. 2009 

This brochure is made available on the MELS web site to help parents understand the environment in which their child will learn, develop and gradually increase his or her knowledge. It could be part of the school Welcome Kit.

English or français

All About Me: An introductory package for the Preschooler

• Transition Introduction Letter (in Word format so you can edit school and other information)
• All About Me package (English) - coming soon
• Je te parle de moi (French)

First Communication   

Use as an insert in the first report card or as a separate message to inform the parents about how well their child is adapting to Kindergarten
or  Word Document

Home Activities

A set of 12 weekly activity sheets to send home to parents.  Rather than "write on the line" or "Copy the letter or number", they target competencies 4 and 5, and they involve the parent, while showing them how they can support their child's xdevelopment in very simple ways. (they are also available individually in the Kindergarten Community Resources)
(Zip Format)

Parent and child

• Help your child learn to read with ABRACADABRA
  ABRA is a free, interactive web-based literacy program developed by the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP). It is designed for early elementary school-aged students, their educators, teachers and parents. The first levels of ABRACADABRA  are appropriate for Kindergarten children and can be used in conjunction with a teacher's other approaches to literacy development.  Currently ABRA contains 32 alphabetic, fluency, comprehension and writing activities linked to 17 interactive stories and stories written by school children.
  
  
• Record and Listen
  An on-line recording tool offered by the RECIT du Domaine des langues where children can listen to songs and record themselves singing well known nursery rhymes along with the music. They can listen to their recordings, erase or record again until they are satisfied.  The recording function can be used with or without the available music. The recording can be saved as a .wav file that can be downloaded to be listened to from the computer. Lots of creative uses possible. For example, record a message for friends and family and send by email.