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Pekin Preschool Family Education Center

1000 Koch Street

Pekin, Illinois

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Preschool Family Education Center is dedicated to pro-

moting home, school and community success for all fami-

lies. In addition to the opportunities we have at Preschool

Family Education Center, our staff also has community

information regarding, but not limited to, the following:

Parent/Family Education Materials

Local Literacy Programs

GED

Mental Health Services

Local Physicians and Dentists

Counseling

Food/Health/Nutrition

Clothing

Shelter

Safety

Information is available from your child’s teacher, the

school office and the FLC.

PEKIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT 108


1000 Koch Street

Pekin, Illinois

(309) 477-4730

Preschool

Family

Education

Center

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Dear Parents,

I am very excited that your child will be attending the Pekin Pre-

school Family Education Center this year! This marks the begin-

ning of what I hope will be a meaningful relationship between Pe-

kin District 108 and your family. Together we possess a pathway

to success for your son/daughter. It is important to note that the

first years of formal school are essential to the long-term success

of each child. The PFEC teachers, administrator, and support

staff stand ready to provide assistance as your son/daughter

grows and learns new and exciting things.

The Pekin Preschool Family Education Center offers many oppor-

tunities for your family to be involved in the social and academic

growth of your child. I encourage you to ask questions, share

your ideas, and participate in school activities as frequently as

possible. Your continued involvement is an important element of

family and the school will only enhance your child’s learning.

Whether your family is new to Pekin Public Schools or you are

returning, it is with great pride and enthusiasm that I welcome you

this school year. The entire Pekin community can be very proud

of Pekin District 108 and we are pleased to enter into a partner-

ship with you this year and for years to come.

Sincerely,

Dr. Bill Link

Superintendent of Schools

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Linda Seth, Principal

Preschool Family Education Center

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1000 Koch Street, Pekin, IL 61554 e-mail [email protected]

Dear Parents and Families,

On behalf of Pekin Preschool Family Education Center I

would like to extend a warm welcome. Our center offers

many exciting learning experiences for children and fami-

lies. I look forward to getting to know you and to working

with you, your child, and your family. This booklet high-

lights some of the opportunities that are available at PFEC.

If you have any questions, or would like any additional

information, please call the Preschool Family Education

Center Office, 477-4730, Monday through Friday from

8:00 to 4:00.

Sincerely,

Linda Seth

Linda Seth, Principal

mailto:[email protected]

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Family Activities to do together for

GROSS MOTOR SKILLS

Creeping Activities-Allow and encourage child to

creep in a straight line, then in a circle, clockwise,

counter-clockwise, and backwards. The last develop-

ment type of creeping is a figure eight.

Two Food Hopping-Play “Hop Over the Stream”. Use

masking tape applied on the floor to represent the

banks of the stream. Child hops over the “stream”

without getting wet.

One-Foot Hopping-Cut odd shapes out of cardboard.

Tape shapes to the floor. Spread apart and the child

hops from shape to shape.

Galloping-Pretend the child is a pony in a circus. His

one foot will lead his body around the circle.

Walking on a line-Play “Tight Rope”. With chalk

draw a line on the sidewalk. Child pretends chalk

line is a balance beam and he walks forward, back-

wards, sideways, etc. until balance is maintained.

Bean Bag Toss-Child tosses bean bags into baskets

or into any container with an opening. Place the

container 4 to 5 feet from the child increasing the

distance as the child’s ability increases. Numbers

may be glued on to the cans.

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Office (309) 477-4730

Fax (309) 477-4737

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Welcome letter from Superintendent——————————2

Table of Contents————————————————————3

Family Services————————————————————4-5

Helpful Information—————————————————-6-7

Prepare for Each School Day——————————————8

Homework for Families—————————————————9

Family Activities to do Together——————————-10-14

Language Arts Development—————————--10

Auditory Discrimination—————————————11

Visual Discrimination——————————————-12

Fine Motor Skills—————————————————13

Gross Motor Skills————————————————-14

Welcome from Principal——————————————-15

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Family Services

The Preschool Family Education Center provides many opportunities for families to enjoy activities that are fun and encourage learning together!

Preschool Classes

Age appropriate learning activities for children between the ages of three and five are provided in the areas of language and speech, social development, and fine and gross motor skills.

Early Childhood Special Education Classes

Programming is provided for children 3-6 years old in speech/language, social, physical, intellectual, behavior-al and other developmental areas.

Parent and Child Time

PACT is held in our school’s Family Literacy Center. Parents are encouraged to join their child’s class for sto-ries and hands-on activities each month. An evening PACT is offered for working parents.

Support Services

Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy are available. Children qualify for these ser-vices based on need and appropriate testing to deter-mine eligibility.

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FINE MOTOR SKILLS

Sorting Small Objects-Sort nuts and bolts of different sizes.

The child needs to screw the correct nut on the bolt.

Develop Finger and Hand Dexterity

Collect small plastic bottles, containers, measuring

cups, etc. Play games filling the containers with water

or rice.

Using small plastic bottles filled with water, play

games on the sidewalk or grass by squeezing out the

water.

Using a paper punch, punch free form designs in

paper.

Draw a design on stiff paper (this could be a birthday

or thank you card). Have the child lace ribbon, etc.

through the holes.

Develop Hand-Eye Coordination

Have child play with commercial material such as

“Tinker Toys”, “Legos”, “Brio Blocks”, or “Lincoln

Logs”, etc.

Tearing-Have child tear long, narrow strips of news-

paper or construction paper. Parent models the

shape the child is to duplicate. Hearts are the most

difficult so leave those until last.

Practice cutting with scissors-Give the child long

strings of cut newspaper. Have the child fringe the

paper by cutting alternating short and long strips.

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VISUAL DISCRIMINATION

Use magazine research activities such as finding and

underlining all the B’s on a page or all the ands, etc.

You may also use newspapers. This is great for car

trips.

Find hidden animals in pictures.

Sort objects by size and color (marbles, buttons,

discs).

Cut various geometric shapes outlined with heavy

black line. Then have the child find all of the red tri-

angles, green circles, blue rectangles, etc.

Play “Which One Doesn’t Belong?” Choose three or

four objects or pictures with one that is different.

The child must find the different object and tell why

it is different. This can be due to the color, size, and

shape or functional differences such as tools or

clothing.

Provide lots of hands-on experiences with counting,

sorting, matching, and number recognition. You can

do hopscotch for counting and numbers, use a buck-

et of objects for sorting and matching, etc.

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Birth to Five Year Old Screening

Screening for children birth to five years of age is avail-able throughout the year free of charge. Each child’s development is assessed in language, memory, large muscles, small muscles, perceptual skills, and under-standing of concepts.

Family Fun Nights

Family Fun Nights are reading based, theme oriented activities to which all members of the family are invit-ed to attend.

Parent TEAM

Parent TEAM activities provide a social time for par-ents to learn about topics of interest and are held on a monthly basis. Refreshments and child care are pro-vided!

Infant Toddler Program

Our Birth to Three Program offers developmental screenings and home-visiting opportunities for eligible families. Our program includes parent education and support, Baby TALK Curriculum for goal setting and lesson plans, family referral services, Friday Play Group, Parent and Child Time evening activities, Parent TEAM meet- ings, and Family Fun Nights.

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HELPFUL INFORMATION

Preschool Classes

Classes are conducted Monday through Friday.

Morning Class Times: 8:50a.m.—11:20 a.m.

Afternoon Class Times: 12:20 p.m.—3:20 p.m.

Absences

Each day your child is absent it is necessary for you to

call the school office. An absence lasting 3 or more days

requires a written note from the parent and/or physi-

cian.

Transportation

Door to door bus service is available for children.

Bus schedules are provided prior to the first day of

school. Staff members meet the children in the bus

zone at school and walk them into the building.

Children who are brought to school by parents enter

through the designated front entrance where they are

checked in by staff and escorted to their classrooms.

Medical Forms

All forms provided on Family Orientation Day are needed

as soon as possible. Medical examinations are required

for all students in school and shot records must be up to

date.

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AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION

Have your child close his eyes and try to identify dif-

ferent sounds (tearing paper, running water, etc. )

Play “Simon Says” where the child must follow several

directions such as “take two steps, hop, and turn

around.”

Use sentence completion games such as, “On the way

to the store I saw a _____. Have the child repeat and

add a word. The next person continues the story.

Use a whistle to blow a sequence of loud/soft sounds;

let the child repeat the sequence on his whistle.

Have the child help you with food shopping and give

him two or three items to bring back to the cart.

Teach the child simple, short, and concise nursery

rhymes and/or simple poems.

Use “Echo Games”. Whisper a phrase or sentence and

pass it around the table.

Listen to children’s songs and read stories with your

child.

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LANGUAGE ARTS DEVELOPMENT

Using language daily can be fun. Here are suggestions for use

in your home.

Let your children hear your thoughts...talk out loud about

what you need to do, when you will do it, what you could

do, what might happen, and why you choose to do some-

thing. These modeled thinking skills are so important to

children learning to read.

Read aloud...story books, pictures, signs, personal letters,

notes, and newspaper picture labels.

Read favorite stories many times. Encourage your child to

re-tell the stories with and without pictures as a guide.

Name things as you go for a ride in the car, take a walk on

the street, or while doing shopping and cooking.

As a child grows older, give more than one name for ob-

jects such as sofa, davenport, couch; rug, carpet, floor cov-

ering; car, automobile, vehicle.

Describe things by adding words of color, size, and texture

such as your red shirt, the biggest ball, your soft sweater,

walk slowly, come quickly.

Play games...from Candyland to tag.

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Field Trips

Students take field trips throughout the

year to support classroom learning. Parents are wel-

come.

Breakfast and Lunch

Meals are provided for every child in the program. The

cost of the meal is based upon family income. You may

also choose to send a meal with your child.

Parent Contact

A home connection is an important part of the program!

Opportunities will be scheduled throughout the year to

review your child’s progress, to provide extra activities

for home, and to address parent concerns.

Volunteers

We welcome parents! If you are able to volunteer we

would appreciate your time and support for our school.

Supplies

Each child will need a book bag to take notes, artwork,

and school information to and from school.

For further information regarding individual

classes, please contact your classroom teacher.

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To be better prepared for school each day your child should:

Participate in the school breakfast or lunch program to insure a healthy meal with great daily language and social interaction opportunities.

Have a book bag to carry things back and forth to school.

Wake up in time to prepare for school without rushing.

Be ready for the bus to pick you up every day.

Have a healthy meal and some time together as a family in the evening.

Get plenty of sleep-at least 9 hours.

Wear comfortable play clothes to school.

Arrive at school on time to start your morning or afternoon preschool program.

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Supporting School Success

Your child will be better prepared to take part in

preschool activities if:

He or she has learned how to listen quietly to a story

and pay attention for a few minutes at a time.

You set aside time each day to listen

and encourage your child to talk.

Your child can work alone or with another child

for a reasonable length of time.

You are able to support

your child’s education

by being involved in

school activities.

Acknowledge your child whenever he/she does

something well.

Your child can keep track of his/her own things

and respects the toys and clothes belonging to

other children.

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