Let´s Celebrate

Classroom: Sapitos

Blog Theme: Let´s Celebrate

Weekly Theme: My friend, the Winter

Week: From 12/11/2017 to 12/15/2017

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you are having a great week. This week we are going to bring the wonder of winter into our classrooms. Children will learn about climate change and why it getting so cold, ice and snow, winter weather clothing, winter animals and how people adapt to survive the season. Children will also learn how to keep themselves warm by using appropriate clothing and winter accessories and discover all the games and sports they can do outdoors during this season.

Through practical actions, we keep enlightening kids about winter. 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.

• On Monday, children will discover characteristics of the winter weather and why it gets cold. They will also explore how the equator divides the northern and southern hemispheres and how they experience winter at different times of the year.

• On Tuesday, children will learn about animals that are particular to the winter season. We will talk about penguins and polar bears and what happens to the other animals.

• On Wednesday, children will learn about how to keep themselves warm during winter. They will explore how to wear gloves, heavy clothing, scarves, etc. and will create gloves and hats in art class. They will also discover how to take care of the pets and plants.

• On Thursday, children will learn about the snow. They will create a snowman using recycled material.   

• On Friday, children will review what they have learned during the week and which is the subject they enjoy the most. They will also participate in our ice activity. They will paint ice using different colors.  

We will have our Holiday party on Friday, December 22nd! We look forward to seeing you there.

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 or Special Events

• Bring a book in gift wrap for your child by Friday, December 15th, 2017. This book will be given to your child by Santa on Monday, December 18th, 2017.

• Santa Claus Visit on Monday, December 18th, 2017 at 10 am.

• Holiday Party on Thursday, December 21st, 2017 at Kingdom Family International Church located at 231 Capco Ave, #124 at 4:00 pm.

• Ugly Sweater Day on Friday, December 22nd, 2017.

• Last Day of School before Christmas Break on Friday, December 22nd, 2017.  

• Christmas Break from Monday, November 25th to Wednesday, November 27th, 2017. Spanish for fun! Pre-school will be closed for those 3 days.

• School opens at 7 am on Thursday, December 28th, 2017.

• New Year Celebration on Friday, December 29th, 2017.  

• New Year’s Day Holiday on Monday, January 1st, 2018. Spanish for fun! will be closed.

Dress Code

• Have your child wear a ugly or funny sweater for our Ugly Sweater Day on Friday, December 22md, 2017.

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 make 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. A parent 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.

• 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.

• 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 being refrigerated, please put it in 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 winter - El invierno

• The gloves - Los guantes

• The snowman - El muñeco de nieve

• The ice - El hielo

Song of the Week

Aquí en mi hermoso país

Muchas tradiciones hay por mi

Y hoy yo te quiero contar

Lo que yo celebro en Sff!

4 de Julio

Memorial Day

Acción de gracias y Labor day

Good Friday , fall festival

Martin Luther King

Navidad,  Año nuevo y ahora

Vamos a repetir

4 de Julio

Memorial Day

Acción de gracias y Labor day

Good Friday , fall festival

Martin Luther King

Navidad y Año nuevo

Tradiciones por mí

Poems

#1

¿Qué es la navidad?

Pregunté a mamá

Un día muy dulce como el mazapán

¿Qué es la navidad?

Pregunté a papá

Un día muy lindo donde aprendemos a dar

¿Qué es la navidad?

Pregunté a mi abuela

El día que deseamos salud amor y paz.

#2

El Señor Invierno

se viste de blanco

Se pone el abrigo

Porque está temblando

Se encuentra la lluvia

Llorando llorando

Y también el viento

Que viene soplando

Riddles

#1

De verde me visto cada diciembre

Y los niños disfrutan poniéndome

Adornos y  luces de colores.

Árbol de Navidad

#2

Cuando hay nieve podemos jugar

Grande o pequeño me puedes crear

Me pones un gorro y una bufanda al revés

Una nariz de zanahoria y brazos con ramas también.

Muñeco de nieve