Sports

Classroom: Sapitos

Blog Title: Sports & Healthy Eating

Weekly Feature Theme: Sports

Week: September 16th, 2019 to September 20th, 2019

What are we learning?

Dear Parents,

 

We hope you are having a wonderful week. For the next two weeks we will be learning about Sports and Healthy Eating. This week, children will focus on learning everything about Sports through flashcards, games, and other activities as well as understanding the importance of exercises to promote good health and growth.

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.

One of the activities will be a sports day on Friday. Children will play sports and exercise and also prepare a delicious lemonade. It will be a fun week!

·         Importance of Sports in Our Lives.

o    Understand the importance of sports.

o    Get familiar with sports.

o    Share what your favorite sport is.

·         Soccer

o    Learn about soccer.

o    Kick balls of different sizes into a goal.

·         Basketball

o    Learn about basketball.

o    Learn how to score a basket.

·         Marathon & Running

o    Learn about running and marathons.

o    Learn how to start training for a marathon.

o    Participate in a “marathon.”

·         Weekly Review & Special Project

o    Review what we learn during the week, what our favorite topic was and what else we would like to learn.

o    Participate in a “morning sport day.” Engage in physical activities and active sports with classmates of other classrooms.

o    Participate in the preparation of a pitcher of refreshing lemonade.

 

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

Holidays & Upcoming Events

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

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

Birthdays:

We would like to wish a very Feliz Cumpleaños to Thomas A. and Oliver N.!! 

Year-Round Activities

Student of the Week & Traveling Pet

Please make sure to sign up your child for these beautiful activities as these 2 are the children's favorites! These activities allow every child to create and share memories with their classmates. Student of the week will run from August through January and Traveling Pet from January to the end of the School Year.

As you know, every week, a child is given a set week that he/she is 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 and other interests. Parents will pick a day to present a banner to the classroom. 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 children 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 a collage of pictures and a written paper containing a brief description of what they did with the pet. Parents should make sure to place the collage inside the traveling pet bag.

Sign up for both activities today! Sign-up sheets are available at the entrance of the classroom.

Friendly Reminders

·   When exiting our parking lot please go all the way around the parking lot when exiting we use a one-way lane system. 

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

·         Avoid bringing your child with items that can cause distractions such as toys, necklaces, bracelets and watches.

·         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.

·         Remove clothing from the cubby and leave one set of clothing and a blanket for nap time.

·         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 food that you bring to preschool.

o    Write your child's name and date.

o    Place food or lunch box in the refrigerator or counter. If you leave the lunch box in the counter, make sure to put ice packs inside the lunch box.

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

Star Words of the Week

·         The balls – Las pelotas

·         I run – Yo corro

·         I play – Yo juego

·         I throw – Yo lanzo

Song of the Week

Mueve mueve mueve  mueve bien los pies

Mueve mueve mueve la cabeza ya

Mueve mueve mueve las rodillas bien

Ponte siempre activo vamos a jugar (2)

Y corre corre corre corre

Y Salta salta salta salta

Gira gira gira  gira sin parar (2)

Manos arriba

Piernas cruzadas

Gira tu cuerpo

Ven a jugar (2)

Rhymes

Ya es hora de los deportes

Pronto va a comenzar

Ya estoy esperando la partida

Para correr, jugar y ganar

Ahí van mis amiguitos

Para jugar con mucha ilusión

Intentamos todos correr rapidito

Cualquiera puede ser el campeón.

Riddles

Soy de color anaranjado

Crezco en la tierra

A los conejos les gusto

 y para la vista soy buena.

La zanahoria