Charlotte B. Allen Elementary School

                         Houston, TX 77022

                           Phone 713-696-2755-Fax 713-696-2757

                       Cynthia Wilson, North Region Superintendent

                       Sharon Berry, Executive Principal

                        Helen Gobert, Principal

Jessica Herum

Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities

Room Number: 5

Preschool children learn best through active exploration using all five senses: touch, taste, smell, sight, and sound.  In my classroom we focus on activities which promote social interaction with others, reasoning skills, physical activity, and oral language while also following the regular preschool curriculum.

The Best Ways to Help your Child Succeed:

Turn off the TV.--Young children should not watch t.v.-including movies, video games, and computer use- for more than half an hour a day. This includes any time that the television is on and the child is in the room, even if he or she seems to be engaged in another activity. Children who watch a lot of television have more trouble learning to read, tend to be more overweight and in less good physical shape, have more behavior challenges, and may experiance other problems than children whose parents limit  viewing. Follow the link to find out more and   to find some good activities to replace television, movies, and video games.

Read to Your Child Daily-for children with shorter attention spans, you might want to break up the reading into 10 minutes sessions. Allow your child to select the book, even if they pick the same book over and over. Repetition helps build reading skills. Follow the link to find good suggestions for books and book related activities. 

        Also:     Help Your Child Learn to Read

                      Mr. Roger's Neighborhood and the Importance of Reading to Your Child

Let Your Child See YOU Reading-Children want to do what their parents do. If you read daily--magazines, cookbooks, religious books-your child will see that you value reading, knowledge, and education.

Sing with Your Child, Tell Your Child Stories, Teach Your Child Rhymes and Chants--All these activities build a love of language that will help them learn to read and to understand what they read. (Note: click on a country on the map. Then songs and rhymes from that country will be listed.)