Classroom: Sapitos

Blog Theme: Getting around and communicating in my city

Weekly Theme: Ground Transport

Week: From January 6th, 2020 to January 10th, 2020

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you all have a wonderful start to the new year. During the month of January, we will learn about a new topic “Getting around and communicating in my city.” Children will get familiar with different means they can use to get around and communicate. Through practical actions, we keep enlightening kids about how we commute from one place to another and how we communicate.

This week children will discover ground transport that moves on roadways such as cars, trains, buses, motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, etc. Through practical actions, we keep enlightening kids about how we commute from one place to another. 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. Below you can find a summary of all activities during the week:

· Ground Transport

o Learn about ground transport and share with classmates which ones we know.

o Compare all existing ground transport.

o Provide characteristics of ground transport.

· Cars

o Learn about cars.

o Play with little cars and highways with the silhouette of different geometrical shapes.

o Create license plates (activity for 4-year-old children).

· Trains

o Learn about trains.

o Create our favorite ground transport.

· Road Safety

o Learn about road safety, road signs, and traffic lights.

· 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 pretend play.

§ Play carwash.

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

Holidays & Upcoming Events

· Kindergarten Visit for Ositos from January 13^th, 2020 to January 17^th, 2020.

· Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The school will be closed.

· Delivery of Report Cards on January 27^th, 2020.

· Parent-Teacher Conference Week from February 3^rd, 2020 to February 7^th, 2020.

Homework

Children are learning all the time; during walks, car rides, on family outings, and while they play. As parents and educators, we should encourage and support these explorations and games in a creative manner. We consider some examples of the best daily tasks that we can do at home with our kids are as follows:

· Reading one book from front to back.

· Stimulate them to express their feelings, emotions, and thought while having a dialogue or during family conversations.

· Teach kids responsibility while asking them to complete age-appropriate chores or household tasks.

In addition to these suggestions, Spanish for fun! will provide weekly homework assignments to practice skills learned in the classroom. To complete homework assignments is optional.

Homework activity will start as of the week of Monday, January 6^th, 2020. Below are the homework assignment instructions if you decide to work on them with your child:

· Homework will be placed in wall pocket envelopes or in your child’s cubby every Wednesday. Please feel free to collect them every Wednesday.

· Review the enclosed assignments and select one, two, or more worksheets and have your child work on them. Complete all assignment worksheets is optional.

· Return completed assignments by Tuesday of the following week.

If you have any questions regarding homework assignments, please let us know.

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

· 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.

· Make sure that your child has always an extra set of clothing in his/her cubby.

· Bring appropriate clothing based on weather and label them with your child's name before placing them 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.

· Have enough pull-ups, diapers, wipes and rash ointment in the cubby for the day, if your child has not been potty-trained yet.

· Fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when to use rash ointment.

o Supply ointments for your child.

o Label ointments with your child's name and store them in a fabric tote bag.

· 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.

Friday, January 3, 2020

Getting around and communicating in my city

Classroom: Sapitos

Blog Theme: Getting around and communicating in my city

Weekly Theme: Ground Transport

Week: From January 6th, 2020 to January 10th, 2020

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

· Ground Transport

o Learn about ground transport and share with classmates which ones we know.

o Compare all existing ground transport.

o Provide characteristics of ground transport.

· Cars

o Learn about cars.

o Play with little cars and highways with the silhouette of different geometrical shapes.

o Create license plates (activity for 4-year-old children).

· Trains

o Learn about trains.

o Create our favorite ground transport.

· Road Safety

o Learn about road safety, road signs, and traffic lights.

· 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 pretend play.

§ Play carwash.

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

· Kindergarten Visit for Ositos from January 13th, 2020 to January 17th, 2020.

· Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The school will be closed.

· Delivery of Report Cards on January 27th, 2020.

· Parent-Teacher Conference Week from February 3rd, 2020 to February 7th, 2020.

· Reading one book from front to back.

· Stimulate them to express their feelings, emotions, and thought while having a dialogue or during family conversations.

· Teach kids responsibility while asking them to complete age-appropriate chores or household tasks.

In addition to these suggestions, Spanish for fun! will provide weekly homework assignments to practice skills learned in the classroom. To complete homework assignments is optional.

Homework activity will start as of the week of Monday, January 6th, 2020. Below are the homework assignment instructions if you decide to work on them with your child:

· Homework will be placed in wall pocket envelopes or in your child’s cubby every Wednesday. Please feel free to collect them every Wednesday.

· Review the enclosed assignments and select one, two, or more worksheets and have your child work on them. Complete all assignment worksheets is optional.

· Return completed assignments by Tuesday of the following week.

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

· 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.

· Make sure that your child has always an extra set of clothing in his/her cubby.

· Bring appropriate clothing based on weather and label them with your child's name before placing them 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.

· Have enough pull-ups, diapers, wipes and rash ointment in the cubby for the day, if your child has not been potty-trained yet.

· Fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when to use rash ointment.

o Supply ointments for your child.

o Label ointments with your child's name and store them in a fabric tote bag.

· 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 truck – El camión

· The train – El tren

· The bicycle – La bicicleta

· The motorcycle – La motocicleta

Song of the Week – A Volar

Vamos volando en un avión

Y al ver por la ventana vemos las nubes pasar

Volando en un avión

A una enorme altura nos vamos a pasear

Desde mi ventana las alas puedo ver

Y allá abajo otras cosas también

Los autos y edificios muy pequeños son

Y me hacen sentir que muy alto estoy

Es muy divertido un avión pilotear

Y cuando sea mayor eso voy a estudiar

Por ahora me conformo con solo jugar

A salvo de tormentas que me puedan dañar

Rhymes

#1

Son muchos los medios de locomoción

Los hay terrestres

Como el camión

Otros son acuáticos

Como el gran vapor

Y de los aéreos

El mayor de todos

· Kindergarten Visit for Ositos from January 13^th, 2020 to January 17^th, 2020.

· Delivery of Report Cards on January 27^th, 2020.

· Parent-Teacher Conference Week from February 3^rd, 2020 to February 7^th, 2020.

Homework activity will start as of the week of Monday, January 6^th, 2020. Below are the homework assignment instructions if you decide to work on them with your child: