St. Joe’s News
Coming Events:
Inside This Issue:
From the Desk of Mrs. Dunshee
Pre-K News
June 1st—NYS Science Written Exam—4th Grade
Kindergarten News
June 1st—5th— St. Joe’s BOGO Book Fair
First Grade News
June 4th—Family Fun Night—4:30 to 6:30 PM
Second Grade News
June 5th—Wear your St. Joe’s shirt
Third Grade News
June 12th—Wear Red, White and Blue Day
Fourth Grade News
June 16th—Wear Blue for Rachel’s Challenge/
Karen’s Hope
Fifth Grade News
June 24th—Kindergarten Graduation—9:00 AM
June 24th—Students dismissed at 11:30 AM
June 25th—LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!
June 25th—5th Grade Awards Assembly—
9:00 AM
June 25th—Report Cards Distributed
June 25th—Students Dismissed at 11:30 AM
Speech News with Mrs. Leduc
Counselor’s Corners with Mrs. Poirier
Literacy Corner
Art News
OT with Ms. Vivlamore
Nutrition Nuggets
Summer Birthdays
June Calendar
FROM THE DESK OF……………………………………………………………………………Mrs. Dunshee, Principal
June, 2015
Dear Parent/Guardian:
I would like to recognize the following students from St. Joseph’s Elementary School for the selection of
their art work for submission to the High Peaks Art Show at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts: Benjamin
McKee, Brooke Greenwood, Luke Scott, Clara Emond, Emma Metzler, Lillyan Miller, Carmen Lunan, Bailee
Brand, Alani Perry, Natalie Marlow, Adeline Chodat, Brooke Miller, Kasandra Boyea, Ethan Parent, Bradley
Smith, Hunter Yaddow, Ava Bruso, Alexandra Burke, Olivia Oliver, and Alison Poirier . Congratulations to our
students! Thank you to Mrs. Debora Ducharme for providing our students at St. Joe’s with this wonderful
opportunity.
Kudos to the group of students from St. Joe’s whose art is being displayed at the Alice Center as part of the
Young Artists in Action exhibition from May 7- June 11! This talented group consists of: Hailee Brand, Mark
Santamore, Cooper Hungerford, Alyvia Cartier, Marley Perry, T’Kyah Reed, Raegan McArdle, Sean Tracy, Arianna Barney-Hathaway, Kennedy Quinn, Alyssa Benware, Addison Jewtraw, Danica Loeb, Cali Bonville, Benjamin Button, Nolaan Hungerford, Kelsey Clapper, Sebastien Dumas, Grace Scott, Jordan Perry, Ateema Dumas, Watson Chodat, and Ayden Richards. A special thanks goes out to our students and their art teacher,
Mrs. Debora Ducharme for sharing their time and talent with the community of Malone and the surrounding area.
Please join us from 4:30-6:30 PM at St. Joe’s on Thursday, June 4th! We are hosting a Family Fun Night for
all of our students at St. Joe’s and their families! We are once again very excited about this carnival
themed event. It will be held in the gym and surrounding areas at St. Joe’s and there will be plenty of food,
fun and entertainment for children of all ages!
I would also like to invite you to participate in our BOGO Book Fair beginning on June 1st. It will be held in
the Library Media Center at St. Joe’s during school hours. On June 4th it will be open until 6:30 PM for
your shopping convenience. This is a great opportunity for you to purchase books for your child (ren) since
all books are buy 1 get 1 free!
Our kindergarten graduation ceremony will be held in our gymnasium on June 24th beginning at 9:00 AM.
On June 25th beginning at 9:00 AM we will be hosting our St. Joe’s 5th Grade Awards Assembly. Families
and visitors should use the gym entrance near the parking lot upon arrival. All of our staff and students will
be in attendance for these very important events. We hope you can join us!
Our student performance results for the state assessments have not yet arrived. Individual Student Reports explaining your child’s performance on the ELA, math, and science exams will be sent home as they
become available.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank each of you for all the support you have provided for your
children and all of us at St. Joe’s throughout this year. We could not accomplish all that we do without
each of you. We are so fortunate at St. Joe’s to have such tremendous support from families, a caring staff
and a wonderful group of students. I wish the very best to our students, staff and families who will no
longer be with us at St. Joe’s.
I wish each of you good health and happiness in the months ahead. Have a wonderful summer.
Pre-K News
It is hard to believe that we are in our last month of school. As I look back at
where the children started in September, it always amazes me how much they
have grown both physically and academically. They have worked hard and have
truly blossomed!
I would like to send out a special thanks to Mr. Tavernier (Mary’s dad) for being
so kind and buying us two brand new fans for our classroom. There have been
some very hot days and we were very excited to have them. It helped immensely! I would also like to thank the rest of my parents that have chaperoned trips, or been generous enough to send in treats/supplies throughout the
year for birthdays or for no reason at all. The children always looked forward to
them after their arrival. Most of all, thank you for all of the support you provided your child. Sometimes you may think they didn’t notice, but trust me, they
did. This first year of school can be a tough transition, but you all did AMAZING!!!!
Kindergarten News From Ms. Gordon-Walbridge and Mrs. Leahy
Ms. Gordon-Walbridge’s Class
Summer is fun because…..
Alex Smithey— “I play games”.
Mark Santamore— “I go on the waterslide and trampoline”.
Hailee Brand— “I get to go see my cousins and play”.
Ben McKee— “I go in my grandma’s hot tub and pool”.
Brooke Greenwood— “I ride bikes”.
Preston Dewey— “ I go to the park and play basketball”.
Cooper Hungerford— “I go in the pool and ride my four-wheeler”.
Thomas Cota— “I like to go to the Rec Park”.
Jayden Clark— “ I go to my grandpa’s and drive the four-wheeler by myself”.
Irie Letham— “ I swim and play with my dogs”.
We have had a great year! Every child should read, write, study baggie words and count over the summer
to retain and reinforce what they have learned. Thank-you for all of your support this year. Have a great
Mrs. Leahy’s Class
I can’t believe our last month of Kindergarten is finally here! We have a very busy month
ahead of us. We will be finishing our reading and math programs, wrapping up our end of
the year projects, and practicing for Kindergarten graduation. Kindergarten graduation will
be held on Wednesday, July 24th at 9:00. I hope to see you all there. I would like to take this
opportunity to thank you once again for all your continued support this school year. We had
a great year in Kindergarten! I wish my students luck next school year in first grade. I hope
you have a happy and healthy summer.
1st Grade News From Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. LaBare
June is such a busy and exciting month. The Library is hosting a Buy One Get
One Free Book Fair from June 1-5. This is always a great resource to get interesting books to support your child’s summer reading. The Library will be
open the evening of Family Fun Night, Thursday, June 4th for an opportunity to
purchase some great reading material.
On June 16th, we will be able to celebrate our successful year by having a picnic at the Malone Rec Park. We will be bused from St. Joe’s starting at 10:00
and returning to school at 1:30. Families are welcomed to join us for some outdoor fun. A permission slip with more details will be sent home with your child
as the date gets closer.
The First Grade teachers would like to take this opportunity to express our
gratitude to our students’ parents/families. You have been extremely supportive and your participation has made the difference in your child’s academic success. We wish everyone a happy, healthy, and safe vacation. Please continue to
read over the summer months and enjoy!
2nd Grade News from Mr. Wheeler and Mrs. Wheeler
Where has the school year gone? It wasn’t long ago that we were welcoming our current students into
our classrooms. So much learning has taken place this year. We’ve enjoyed watching our students build
friendships, become problem solvers, and engage in learning.
It’s been another busy month in second grade. In reading, we’ve learned about free-verse and rhyming
poetry. Students learned about rhythm, point of view, poet’s message, metaphor, and repeated lines.
Students’ used their imaginations to create poetry with repeated lines and metaphors. We’ve also started
to use National Geographic Explorer articles. Students have become information detectives. They are
learning to go back into the text to find interesting facts and answer specific questions. They’re looking at
headings in order to assist them in finding specific information. As we write about these articles, students
are continuing to turn the question around, creating a statement and/or topic sentence.
In math, students have learned to identify geometric shapes. They’ve counted vertices, faces, and edges
on three-dimensional shapes. Students also learned about sides and angles on two-dimensional shapes.
Students are beginning to have an understanding of multiplication. They’ve learned to create groups,
count by a number, and build arrays to solve multiplication problems. Students have learned to solve
multiplication word problems too!
In science, we’ve begun a unit on dinosaurs. Students are really enjoying this unit. They’ve learned about
herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. They’ve also learned the difference between a predator and its
prey. We are reading the book, Dinosaur Habitat, written by Helen V. Griffith. Students have been excited to learn about the different types of dinosaurs that roamed Earth millions of years ago. They were very
surprised to learn that humans and dinosaurs did not inhabit Earth at the same time.
As the summer approaches, it is important to remember that learning doesn’t end with the conclusion of
the school year. Please continue to encourage your child to read a few times a week and practice their
math facts and skills throughout the summer. Have a safe and happy summer!
3rd Grade News from Ms. Gravel and Mrs. Ramie
We made it! Thank you to all the parents and guardians who came with us on the Fish Hatchery and High Falls field trip. The students had a great time looking at the fish and hiking to the
waterfall. They especially enjoyed getting an ice cream cone at the end of the day!
As summer approaches, a few reminders for the end of the year:
We will continue with regular instruction through June 19 (spelling words/lists, weekly
assessments, etc.)
Our field trip to the Rec Park is scheduled for Wednesday June 17 and it is an all-day
event. We will walk up to the park as a group, and be bussed back to school that
afternoon. Students are responsible for anything they bring. Lunches will need to be
brought and as usual there will be the option on the permission slip for a school
lunch. Permission slips will be out the week of June 8.
The last week of school (June 22-25) there will be A LOT going on. Fun day will be
June 22, talent show and fifth grade egg drop will be 23, and 24 and 25 will be half
days where students will attend kindergarten and fifth grade graduations.
Things to continue working on this summer include: Multiplication facts 0-12, Division
facts, fluency of adding and subtracting numbers, telling time, and keep reading!
Chapter books are best. Parents you can ask questions to your children about what
is it they are reading and what they like/don’t like about their books. Keep their
minds engaged! Stay active! Hike, bike, roller skate, walk, etc. Have fun and be
safe.
Enjoy your summer vacation!
4th Grade News
Mrs. Fournier’s Class
In 4th grade………
we did lots of fun projects like the book project. It’s where we do research on the topic then do rough drafts and edit
and fix the writing then re-write papers and make a book with it.
Destiny Yaddow
we did owl pellets for a science project. We had to take the bones out of the fur balls to see what kind of animal it was.
Isabella Boyea
we made a chassis. They are like little tiny wooden cars. We tested them to see how far they would go. The goal was
to do better the second time than the first.
Ethan Peck
you will meet some pretty funny teachers! Mrs. Fournier & Mrs. Kelly are funny. Mrs. Fournier dances a lot when she
listens to music. Mrs. Kelly always makes jokes. For example, if you walked by her with a smile on your face, she would say
“Your face is going to be sore after all that smiling!”
Alexia Barnett
you study about Native Americans. You get to make a model of one of the homes they lived in and the kind of people
that lived in it. For my project, I made an Adobe Pueblo. The Adobe Pueblo is a very interesting home that many people can live
in.
Victoria Brand
you will be able to do electrical secret circuits. It is fun and cool! Your teacher will show you how to do it first and then
you will get all you need to do it too. All you need is a battery, light bulb, copper wires, light bulb holder, aluminum foil, tape,
scissors and construction paper.
Jarett Sweet
we all made something called a chassis. It was fun! We got to test them on a ramp, race them and we put sails and
balloons on them. The best part was that you get to build them.
Eric Santamore
you can pick from the big or small prize box. If you want to pick from the prize box, you have to be good. You can make
mistakes sometimes and still earn prizes when you are caught being good.
Matthew Hadlock
we made Native American homes and it was lots of fun. First we had to pick what house we were going to do. I did the
longhouse and the longhouse was long. Then we had to lots of research to see what it looked like and to find out what people
lived in the longhouses. Next, you would have to use stuff from outside like sticks, moss, leaves, corn and more. Then you could
paint it and put Native American people on your project.
Lily Glazier
we have A.I.S. We work on reading and writing. On F days we change books in our book baggies. We play games,
have snacks and get to play on computers.
Kasandra Boyea
you will have an awesome teacher that I know will love you! You might get stuck on a word and they will help you.
They will even compliment you out loud.
Emily Murzin
we take “breakers”. An example of a breaker is a game called “North, South, East, West”. It’s when there are different directions that you can pick to stand in. One person will be blindfolded and they’ll pick a direction. The people standing
there are out. Then you move to a new direction. The last person is the winner.
we researched different biomes such as the Taiga, the Tundra and Oceans. I was in the
Taiga group. You have to research your biome and write about it. You also get to research and write about animals that live
there!
Watson Chodat
we learned how to make a chassis. We were making them and we tested them. We used erasers and other stuff to
get them to accelerate. The most fun was testing them.
Troy LaFlamme
we planted plants for tacos and pizza toppings. The tacos toppings were simpson lettuce, fireball tomatoes, cilantro,
and jalapenos. The pizza toppings we planted were peppers, basil, roma tomatoes, and oregano.
Hunter Yaddow
it is fun because the teachers Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Fournier were dressed up for Halloween. They threw a Halloween
party for the students. It was really fun and they are really nice!
Justin Ouellette
we did an essay contest for the 4th and 5th graders called, “I’m better than drugs.” I participated in that contest.
Mrs.Dunshee announced the winners as Caleb Rogers, me and Lily Glazier. I felt so glad. Later, I went to Mrs. Poirier’s room to
get a prize. The prize was a water bottle that said, “I’ve got better things to do than drugs!”
Keegan McArdle
my whole class go to grow plants that eventually we will use on foods like pizza and tacos. You get to grow peppers,
oregano, roma tomatoes, basil, cilantro, jalapenos, simpson lettuce and fireball tomato plants.
Jarett Sweet
you publish a book! The one that we made was called Tundra, Taiga, Ocean. It was a lot of fun doing all the research for my
animal in the Taiga.
Lacie Robideau
you will go to the House of History with your class. You will walk there. You will go in different rooms to learn about
the history. You will get to eat cookies and have milk.
Ethan Parent
Mrs. Kelley’s Class
In fourth grade I made a lot of friends and learned a lot of new stuff! ~Reilly Quinn
My favorite part of fourth grade was weaving in Art class. ~Ateema Dumas
In fourth grade I liked learning how to divide. ~Morganlyn Davis
My favorite part of fourth grade was math because I loved doing fractions! ~Kelson Preve
My favorite part of fourth grade is going to be Fun Day! ~Alexander LaClair
In fourth grade I loved Math because I love to learn new things about it! ~Danielle Valley
I am going to miss Mrs. Kelley!~Jenson Damon
I loved having computer time in fourth time. ~David McClain
In fourth grade I loved Reading! ~Blake Gale
The thing I am going to miss in fourth grade are my friends! ~Brandon King
My favorite part of fourth grade was my teacher! ~Konner St. Mary
In fourth grade I loved playing recess! ~Samuel Eells
Fourth grade was a lot fun and I had a great teacher! ~Caitlyn Filion
My favorite part of fourth grade was playing kick ball. ~Taylor Douglas
In fourth grade I loved Science and growing plants. ~Mary Cota
My favorite part of fourth grade was meeting new people! ~Skyler King
I loved learning about area and perimeter in Math! ~Sarah Warner
My favorite part of fourth grade was kickball. ~Bradley Smith
My favorite things in fourth grade were Friday Pizza and recess. ~Blake Barton
I am going to miss having Mrs. Kelley as a teacher. ~Elijah Letham
I loved using the computers in fourth grade! ~Autumn Boardway
I am going to miss playing with the friends I made in fourth grade! ~Caitlin Metcalf
5th Grade News from Mrs. Kent and Mrs. Marlow
We look forward to ending our school year with a bang! With the end of the year academics maintaining a
priority, our students continue to diligently practice and master skills necessary for success as they prepare
to enter the Middle School!
In Reading, students continue to work on the Comprehension Strategies of making predictions and asking
and answering questions. Students will work on mastering the Comprehension Skills of making detailed
comparisons, identifying the author’s point of view, and recognizing the difference between cause and
effect.
In Writing, students continue to hone their skills in organizing paragraphs, writing elaborate details, and
ensuring their sentences are fluent and legible.
In Math, students continue the challenge of recognizing differences of/and learning how to convert within
the Customary & Metric systems of measurement. Students will also gain more practice in patterns and
sequencing.
Though it is the last month it seems like one of the busiest! Please see our busy schedule below:
June 1-June 5: BOGO Book Fair
June 2: Field Trip to Miner Institute in Chazy, NY
June 4: Family Fun Night in St. Joe’s Gym
June 5: Wear St. Joe’s T-shirt; Health & Safety Day – Bike Rodeo
June 12: Wear Red, White, and Blue; Flag Day Ceremony; Enrichment Day
June 16: Wear blue for Karen’s Hope/ Rachel’s Challenge
June 22: School Wide Fun Day; 5th Grade Fun Night
June 23: Egg launch Challenge 9:30-10:30; Talent Show 12:30-2:00 / St. Joe’s Gym
June 24: Students dismissed @ 11:30 AM
June 25: Last Day of School; 5th Grade Awards Assembly @ 9:00 AM; Report Cards distributed; Students dismissed @ 11:30 AM
“Happy Birthday” to our June and Summer Birthdays!
From Mrs. Kent’s Classroom:
From Mrs. Marlow’s Classroom:
6/21- Lucan laVare
6/16- Emma Norris
6/24- Dorien Kellison
6/25- Mrs. Marlow
7/01- Madisyn Humiston
6/29- Anticipated Baby Marlow!
7/24- Ana Hutchins
7/01- Zed Valley
7/27- Savannah Lamica
7/07- Alex Cayea
8/16- Marissa Wilbur
7/09- Nick Benardot
8/30- Mrs. Kent
To all of our fifth grade families we thank you for your contributions for continuing the tradition of making
our school such a dynamic place. We look forward to reading and hearing success stories of your child’s educational journey. We will greatly miss all of our students and families who have become like family to us.
We hope you all have a very safe, healthy, & exciting summer!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Kent & Mrs. Marlow
Speech News with Mrs. Leduc
Maintaining Speech and Language Skills
Over Summer Vacation
Summer vacation is almost here! For many students who receive speech/language services, the break from school also
means a break in services. During the summer, you can help your children maintain communication skills learned during the
school year. Providing your child with fun, engaging activities is a great way to make practicing skills more enjoyable and less of
a “chore” during their break!
Activities for Practicing Speech and Language Skills
Below are some fun suggestions of speech and language activities that you can do with your child this summer. A great
way to keep track of practice days is to have a summer calendar where you place a sticker or draw a smiley face on each day you
work on speech/language skills.
Speech
Practice word lists in the car. • Have your child practice his/her “sound” by saying target words during car rides. Have
him/her repeat a word five times at each red light or stop sign.
Create a sound book. • Help your child make a book of words, pictures, or words and pictures that contain his/her target
sound. Put one target word on each page and review the book every week.
Read comics. • Read comics from books or newspapers with your child. Use a highlighter to mark words that contain his/
her target sound.
Language
Go to the library. • As he/she reads a book, ask questions like “Who is the main character?” “What do you like about this
story?” “How do you think it will end?” “What was your favorite part?”
Keep a journal. • Have your child keep a journal of summer events. If your child cannot yet write, have him/her draw pictures to tell stories. You can have him/her tell you the story and you write it in the journal.
Play board games. • Encourage social skills like turn taking, being a good sport, and topic maintenance when playing board
games as a family.
Counselor’s Corners with Mrs. Poirier
I cannot believe that this school year is coming to an end! Where did the time go? As we approach summer vacation
your children will be spending more time with each other. More than likely conflict will occasionally arise because they have
more unstructured time together. At St. Joe’s, if our students are having a small problem we encourage them to be problem solvers and to try conflict resolution strategies. The chart below is a wheel of choices from the Kelso’s Choice Conflict Management
curriculum. I have a poster of Kelso’s Choice’s in my office and role play these options with students who are experiencing a small
problem (one that is not dangerous). Feel free to cut this wheel out and put it on your refrigerator or somewhere where your
children can refer to it if they are having a difficult time getting along.
I hope that everyone has a wonderful summer vacation. Thank you for all of your support this school year with the counseling program at our school.
-Mrs. Poirier
Literacy Corner
Art News From Mrs. Ducharme
The following students have been selected to enter the Young Artists in Action 10 at the Alice Center. The
art works will be on display from May 14 thru June 11th. The closing celebration will be held on Thursday,
June 11th from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. with the awards ceremony at 6:00 p.m. Congratulations to the following
students:
Kindergarten
Hailee Brand - sheep
Mark Santamore – Blue Horse
Cooper Hungerford – Rooster
Alyvia Cartier – Cow
Marley Perry – Snow Scene
Grade 1
T’Kyah Reed - Tiger
Raegan McArdle –Neutral Cat
Arianna Barney-Hathaway – Fall Leaves
Kennedy Quinn – Lily Pads
Alyssa Benware – Winter Trees
Sean Tracy – Cool Mittens
Grade 2
Addison Jewtraw – Warhol Fish
Dancia Loeb -Owl
Cali Bonville – Winter Birch
Benjamin Button – Friendship Drawing
Grade 3
Nolann Hungerford – Kandinsky
Kelsey Clapper – Kandinsky
Sebastien Dumas – Paper Mask
Grace Scott – Aboriginal Kangaroo
Jordan Perry – Aboriginal Shark
Grade 4
Ateema Dumas – Pointillism Scene
Watson Chodat – Pointillism Space Ship
Ayden Richards – Tessellation Lizards
Victoria Brand - Weaving Purse
Autumn Boardway - Weaving Wall Hanging
Grade 5
Leon Benardot – Plaster Mask
Emma Norris – 3-Vu Picture
Harrison Hungerford – 3- Vu Picture
Elizabeth Dumas – Self-portrait
James Legault – Self-portrait
Occupational Therapy
Margo Vivlamore, C.O.T.A.
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
It’s hard to believe but another school year has come and gone and summer vacation is upon us.
Summer is a great time to reinforce the skills your child needs to be successful in school while
having fun at the same time. The following are different activities that your child can engage in
over the summer and keep those fine motor and visual sharp!
Children have a variety of individual strengths and weaknesses and all develop at different
rates. Many times children don't qualify for occupational therapy services, but may require some additional work at home to strengthen certain skills. Remember to do a little each day, as that is when you
will see the best results!
Fine motor refers to the small muscles in the hands and fingers. This skills is necessary in order to
manage objects such as pencils, buttons, shoelaces, beads, coins, etc. Developing fine motor skills
requires hand strength, postural control, and coordination of both hands (bilateral coordination).
Visual Perception is the ability to obtain and organize visual information from the environment and
interpret what is seen. Visual perceptual skills include the recognition and identification of shapes, objects, colors, letters, and numbers. Visual perception allows a person to make accurate judgments of
the size, configuration, and spatial relationships of objects. Visual perceptual skills play an important
role in forming, copying, sizing, spacing, and orienting letters and words correctly.
Visual Motor refers to the ability to integrate visual information from the environment and translate
that information into a motor act. Some examples include copying a sentence from the blackboard,
writing, drawing, tracing objects, mazes, connect the dots and coloring in the lines.
Bilateral Coordination is the ability to use two sides of the body together in an integrated and coordinated manner. Examples include steadying paper while one hand while writing with the other and
rotating paper with one hand while cutting shapes out with the other hand.
Keep in mind that you will see many of the same activities on each list. Many activities address several components/skills. For example, stringing beads onto a string:
Fine motor component: picking up beads can help improve grasping skills and in-hand manipulation
Visual perceptual component: make a pattern/sequence on one string, and have the child copy the
pattern/sequence on another string
Bilateral component: holding the string with one hand and stringing beads onto the string with the other hand
Fine Motor Activities
The following list consists of fine motor activities to improve grasping, in-hand manipulation, and hand/
finger strength:
 shuffle cards, deal cards one by one, flip cards over
 pick up coins and flip them over without bringing them to the edge of the table
 screw and unscrew nuts and bolts, caps on jars
 play travel size board games with tiny pieces
 use clothespins to move game pieces in board games (ie. pick up pawns in "Sorry" or "Perfection"
puzzle pieces with a clothespin rather than using your fingers)
 string small beads onto a string
 practice cupping hand to roll dice
 clip clothespins on a clothesline (you can have your child help you hang clean laundry out to dry!)
 tear strips of newspaper; crumple newspaper into a small ball
 fold paper; make origami
 use scissors to cut coupons
 pick up small objects (cotton balls, pom poms) with tweezers and olive pickers
 hide small objects (ie. pennies, beads, Lite Brite pegs) in playdough or silly putty and have your
child try to retrieve them (you can make it fun by having them try to find as many items as they can in
a minute)
 trace objects using stencils
 sharpen a pencil manually
 roll playdough "snakes," or roll small balls and flick across the table with your fingers to play "finger
soccer"
 play with pop beads
 ring out a wet sponge
 punch holes with a hole puncher
 water plants/wash windows with a spray bottle
make an art project with an eye dropper
Fine motor Toys/Games:
 Pick up sticks
 Kerplunk
 Dice games
 Operation
 Bed Bugs
 Wok-n-Roll
 Zoob
 Ants in the Pants
 Don't Spill the Beans
 Legos
 Etch-a-Sketch
 Lite Brite
 Get a Grip
 Pop beads
Scatterpillar Scramble

Tricky Tree
Visual Motor/Visual Perception Games and Activities
The following list consists of several activities to improve visual motor/visual perception:
 Jigsaw puzzles
 Rush Hour game
 Connect the dots
 Paint by numbers
 Trace letters/shapes
 Word search puzzles
 crossword puzzles
 Look and find worksheets (Hidden Pictures)
 Mazes
 Make-n-Break
 Square Up
 Tangoes
 I Spy Eagle Eye; I Spy Go Fish
 Tricky Fingers
 Perfection
 Q-Bitz
 Pictureka
 Set
 Doodle Dice
*see links below for free vision games and printouts!
Bilateral Activities
The following list consists of several activities to improve bilateral coordination:
 Cut out strips of paper, shapes, coupons (make sure elbows are off the table!)
 Cutting and pasting activities (craft projects)
 Clip clothespins on a suspended string
 Open/close lids on containers and jars
 Twist nuts and bolts together/apart without leaning on the table
 String beads (encourage reaching across the body for materials with each hand)
 Manipulate buttons/zippers/snaps
 Assemble pop beads; Zoob pieces
 Trace with stencils
 Play Zoomball
 Lacing cards, sewing projects
 Use a rolling pin
 Play Twister
Play a game of catch or "Scatch" with a velcro mitt
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER
BIRTHDAYS!!
June
July
August
Ethan Vincent
Zed Valley
Caleb Hall
Derrick Bruso
Madisyn Humiston
Logan Desnoyers
Madison Tebo
Ben McKee
Ian Letham
Kaden Randall
Rheese Perry
Isabella Boyea
Aydan O’Connor
Wyatt Dumas
Adeline Chodat
Benjamin Button
Cora Benardot
Kenza Snyder
Jordan Perry
Alex Cayea
Emma Yaddow
Alexia Barnett
Nick Benardot
Lesley Buchanan
Sarah Warner
Kylie St. Mary
Niyalee Worsley
Watson Chodat
Caleb Reome
Cierra McMahon
Brandon Boyea
Arianna Barney-Hathaway
Marissa Wilbur
Emma Norris
Ethan Johnston
Kayden Robbins
Katelynn Stewart
Brendan Palmer
Caitlin Metcalf
Logan Collins
Alyvia Cartier
Stephanie Leandro
Logan Peck
Anna Hutchins
David McClain
Lucan LaVare
Maggie Larry
Savannah Boyea
Lily Glazier
Cali Bonville
Sylvia Leandro
Dorien Kellison
Savannah Lamica
Gavin Mallette
Madeline Wilbur
Kaylee Armstrong
Reilly Quinn
Luke Scott
Mason Tebo
Mrs. Dunshee
Kasandra Boyea
Destiny Yaddow
Mr. Cox
Mrs. Hutchins
Jarett Sweet
Mr. Tessier
Mrs. Marlow
Jakob Leonard
Mrs. Kent
Issac Baker
Mr. Smith
Eric Santamore
Mrs. LaPlant
Ms. Chatland
Mrs. LaBare
September (before school starts)
Evan Dumas