Means of Communication & Transportation in the city

Classroom: Sapitos

Blog Theme: Means of Communication & Transportation in the city

Weekly Theme: Sea Transportation

Week: From 01/15/2018 to 01/19/2018

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you all have a wonderful week. This week we will continue learning about our theme called “Means of Communication and Transportation in the City”. This week, children will explore and discover interesting facts about different means of sea transportation such as boats, ships, submarines, canoes, etc.

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 Tuesday, children will learn everything about ships and how they work. Children will also create a craft of their favorite sea transport. For art week, they will also discover interesting facts about famous artists.

• On Wednesday, children will learn everything about people who work as marines, fishermen and lifeguards. They will explore what they do at work and what materials they use to perform their job. For art week, children will learn about sculptures and they will have fun while creating a craft with clay.

• On Thursday, children will learn about safety measures while being at sea. We will talk about precautions, the use of life guard jackets and boats. Children will also explore how objects float and sink in science. For art week, they will discover interesting facts about famous musicians and they will also listen to sounds of different musical instruments.   

• On Friday, children will identify and share their most favorite subject of the week. They will also play with water and paper boats.

In language and writing, children will learn the vowel Ii. In Math, children will review number 4, purple and the geometric shape “oval”.

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

• In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. school will be closed on Monday, January 15th, 2018.

• Art fair on January 16th, 2018 through January 26th, 2018.

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 ship – El barco

• The sea – El mar

• The boat – El bote

• The yatch – El yate

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.

Poems

#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

Es el avión

#2

Quiero un barco de colores

Un avión para volar

Una moto de carreras

Y un gran autocar

Para ir con mis amigos

Por el cielo y por el mar

Y por la tierra redondita

Muchas vueltas dar.

Riddles

#1

Va por el cielo

Como ventarrón

Lleva pasajeros

Y anda a motor

El avión

#2

Tiene motor , Cuatro ruedas

Ventanillas sin cortinas

Un timón negro y también una bocina

El carro