Shoes Wanted
All this week Prairieview is collecting gym shoes in any shape and all other shoes that still have some life in them. We want to help cut down on the amount going into landfills. The shoes will be either donated to places that help people or will be sent to Nike's recycling center where they recycle gym shoes into a variety of objects including floor mats. Please tie the shoes together or put them in plastic grocery bags so that they do not become separated. Thank you for your support. At Prairieview School – Character Counts!
The Human Brain
I was just marveling on the human brain. I was thinking about how a child is born not knowing how to talk and by the time they are 11 or 12, they can read most any word you put in front of them. They figure out the meaning of words and learn how to say them. They learn how to make them into sentences. Their vocabulary grows. Then they have to learn how to take the sounds of the words apart to hear all of the different sounds. They learn the sounds that the letters make. They learn the rules for when letters say each sound. They memorize sight words. The learn punctuation rules. They learn to read. They learn to comprehend what they read and they learn to write. As we approach the end of another school year, it is wonderful to be able to look back over the year and see how far each of your children have come. Children's accomplishments are teachers' and parents' rewards.
