Sapitos: My Body

Classroom: SapitosBlog Title: My BodyWeekly Feature Theme: Fine and Gross Parts of the BodyWeek: August 26th, 2019 to August 30th, 2019

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you are having a beautiful week. The knowledge of the body parts embodies an important topic for the awareness of body map, its capabilities, and limitations. This step-by-step knowledge promotes self-esteem and provides children with focus as a framework to relate with other persons, objects and their environment. Therefore, this week we will learn the parts of the human body. Children will explore and identify the external parts of the human body as well as understand the importance of hygiene, healthy eating habits, and exercise.

Our goal is to get children to participate in experimental activities in order to learn about the fine and gross parts of the body and create a positive image in the children’s minds. We also seek to raise awareness, so children take care of their bodies. Children will be able to identify parts of the face such as eyes, nose, mouth, ears, forehead, cheeks and eyebrows as well as parts of the body such as head, chest, legs, arms, and back.

We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme so children can continue learning through fun experiences. Each one of these activities will help to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills.

· Monday - The Human Body

o Learn about interesting facts about our body.

o Learn how to provide a description of face and hair.

o Play guessing games.

· Tuesday - Fine Parts of the Human Body

o Learn about the fine parts of the body such as eyes, nose, and fingers.

o Discover that our fingerprints are unique.

o Create our faces in order to draw the different face expressions.

· Wednesday - Gross Parts of Human Body

o Learn about the gross parts of the body such as arms, legs, etc.

o Create body sculptures with brown Kraft paper.

· Thursday - Yoga Day

o Learn how to do yoga.

o Identify and name parts of our body while playing with our bodies.

· Friday - Weekly Review & Special Project

o Review what we learn during the week and what was our favorite topic.

o Work on a wonderful project named “My Special Friends” about disabled people and children.

Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.

Materials for Weekly Activities

· Bring any old X-rays if you have some at home for Monday.

· Bring a family picture if you have not done it yet.

Holidays & Upcoming Events

· Labor Day on Monday, September 2nd, 2019. The school will be closed.

· Grandparents Day Celebration on Friday, September 6th, 2019.

· Fall Picture Day on Tuesday, September 17th, 2019.

· Delivery of Report Cards on Monday, September 23rd, 2019.

Year-Round Activities

Student of the Week & Travelling Pet

Please make sure to sign up your child for these wonderful activities as these 2 are the children favorites! Both activities allow every child to make and share memories with their classmates.

For the student of the week activity, every week a child is given a set week that he/she are the student of the week. On Monday of their week, the student of the week should bring a poster and a book created with family pictures, favorite books, sports/hobbies, animals or anything they are interested in. Also, on their week parents and the student of the week may pick a day to present the poster and the book to the class. The student of the week may also bring favorite toys and books to school so they can share with classmates.

As for the Traveling Pet activity, the classroom pet will spend a whole week with the child and family. During that week, parents and the child will have fun together with a new member of the family while providing love and care to the pet. Our pet loves to read at night, go to the park, visit museums, give hugs and kisses! However, the pet does not like taking a bath as he can get sick. Parents and child will enjoy bonding time and making new memories and the child will be very excited to share all the memories with his/her classmates. In their week parents and the child should bring to school a collage of pictures and a brief description of what they did with the pet. The parent should make sure to place the collage inside the traveling pet bag.

Friendly Reminders

· Wash your hands and your child’s hands when entering the classroom and help your child to find his/her seat.

· Read your child’s journal, blogs, and Friday Newsletter. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us in case you have any comment or any question about your child’s development or any notes/comments made in your child’s journal.

· Avoid bringing your child with items that can cause distraction such as toys, necklaces, bracelets, watches, etc. This is needed to help him/her concentrate on the scheduled activities at school.

· Label all your child’s clothing and items and make sure that your child has an extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather in his/her cubby.

· Make sure to remove clothing from the cubby and just leave one set of clothing and a blanket for nap time.

· Make sure to take the blanket home on Fridays for laundry and bring it back on Monday.

· Make sure to have enough pull-ups or diapers in the cubby for the day, if your child has not been potty-trained yet.

· Label all bottles and food that you bring to preschool for your child with your child’s name and the date it was prepared and drop it in the kitchen. Please keep in mind we are a nut-free environment.

· Do not bring your child to school if the child has a fever of over 101F or any contagious conditions.

Friday, August 23, 2019

My Body