How I grow and change

Classroom: Sapitos
Blog Title: How I grow and change
Weekly Feature Theme: Sport & Healthy Eating
Week: From 09/18/2017 to 09/22/2017

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,
 
We hope you are having a beautiful week. This week we will continue learning about how are we growing and changing. We will talk particularly about sports and exercise.  Children will understand the importance of exercises to keep good health. They will get familiar with sports, workout routines and exercises such as soccer, running, basketball and tennis that will promote motor skills, coordination, balance and discipline. Sports will also teach children to trust and rely on others to achieve common goals, value everyone's individual strengths and put collective needs before individual wants.
 
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. Most of these activities will be sports related that will promote team work and respect.
 
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 tennis balls and a racquet if you have one at home for Monday, September 18^th, 2017.
·         Bring a soccer ball if you have one at home for Monday, Tuesday 19^th, 2017.
 

Holidays & Upcoming Events
·         Picture Day on Monday, September 18th, 2017.

Dress Code

·         Have your child wear sportswear during this week.

Birthdays

·         Happy Birthday to Jade who is celebrating it on September 22^nd. We wish you the best!
 
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. Parent should make sure to place the collage inside the travelling pet bag.
Sign up to 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.
·         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 in the scheduled activities at school.
·         Label all your child’s clothing and items and make sure that your child has 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.
·         If your child is bringing a lunch box, please label it with your child’s name and date and place it in the kitchen. If the lunch box requires to be refrigerated, please put it inside the refrigerator.
·         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