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                                                      Activities to help boost child’s skills:   Improving fine motor/motor planning skills Bear walks Crab walks Hop on one foot Hopscotch Twister Cutting Drawing/Painting/Writing at an easel Playdoh Using tweezers to pick up small items (beads, cereal, etc.) Playing card games Playing board games with small pieces to move Team sports Gymnastics   Improving…

In Everyday Mathematics (EDM) students are introduced to many different methods for subtraction. As they get older, they are introduced to subtraction algorithms. Some are easier to learn, but not as efficient as others. EDM picks one algorithm as its focus algorithm. Focus algorithms are powerful, relatively efficient and easy to learn and understand. The…

PES Student Registration Form 2025-2026 PES Student and Family Handbook

    This is Mrs. Bass’s fifth year teaching at Pittsfield. For the past four years, she has taught fourth grade, and she is very excited for a new adventure teaching second grade! She loves living here in New Hampshire, but is originally from upstate New York. She attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, where she…

The central nervous system develops from the bottom up with sensory systems and motor/perceptual development being the foundation for higher level language skills, cognition, and academic skills:

  Every Friday morning between 8:00 and 8:30, PES students in grades 4-6, visit their book buddies in grades 1-3.