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__**Week of September 20th**__

This week we all came to Technology Class and started learning about staying safe online. We met the Webville Outlaws (boo!) and our new friends Clicky, Nettie, Webster, Gig, and Router. They will help us learn to stay safe onlilne through videos, games, and song. We know that October is Internet Safety Month, so we will be doing more with this throughout the month of October! Check out [|www.netsmartzkids.org] to see what your students saw in class today!

**Week of September 6th (A Group) and September 13th (B Group)** Welcome to our second week of Kindergarten Technology Class! This week we will read a book titled **“The Berenstain Bears’ Computer Trouble!”**

In summary, the book tells the story of how “…//Papa brings home a computer, (//and//) the whole family is soon spending all day, every day staring at the screen, which means it is up to Papa to get the Berenstains back into the real world.”// After reading the story, we will discuss balancing screen time with other fun activities – like playing outside, reading a book, and spending time with family.

If there is time at home, please encourage the home-school connection by discussing the story and even visiting [|__www.sproutonline.com__], to play the Berenstain Bears Dress Up Game. This game encourages your student’s motor skills development as they click and drag the mouse to dress up each of the Bears. Kindergarteners are typically developing the motor skills required for mouse manipulation, and the extra practice offered by such games is great! Create a free website with Weebly