Green Earth

Classroom: Sapitos

Blog Theme: Green Earth

Weekly Theme: Learning everything about the weather

Week: From 02/12/2018 to 02/16/2018

What we are learning?

We hope you all have a wonderful week. This week we will continue with the theme “Green Earth” Children will be learning everything about the weather and seasons which are marked by changes in the intensity of sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface. They will be also exploring other weather phenomena such as heat, cold, rain, thunderstorms, blizzards, etc. They will also learn about clouds, rainbows and winds.  At the end of the week, the children will be able to identify and differentiate the seasons.

We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme so children can continue acquiring knowledge 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 learn about the seasons and how they take place. They will be also identifying the types of clothes they need for every season.

• On Tuesday, children will learn about the clouds and the rainbow. It will be discussed how a rainbow is caused by reflection and dispersion of light in water resulting in a spectrum of colorful light appearing in the sky.

• On Wednesday, children will learn about rain, thunderstorms and snow. They will explore how these phenomena get manifested.

• On Thursday, children will learn about the wind and how mills are built. They will create a mill with paper cups.

• On Friday, children will review what they have learnt this week and which one they enjoy the most. They will also participate in an exciting experiment related to rainbows. They will learn about the mixture of colors.

In math, they will review the number 7 and the color red. They will also learn about the shape “Heart”. In language, they will review vowels and sounds.

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

• Valentine’s Day Celebration on Wednesday, February 14th, 2018.

• Science Fair from February 26th to March 2nd, 2018.

• Report Cards are sent home on March 5th, 2018.

Dress Code

• Have your child wear red clothing for Valentine’s Day Celebration on Wednesday, February 14th, 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.

This week our student of the week is Jade Warchall. We are looking forward to learn more about you!

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 love - El amor

• The heart - El corazón

• My friend - Mi amigo

• Sharing - El compartir

Song of the Week

Buenos días ya salió el sol

Miro hacia el cielo, las nubes de algodón

Buenas noches, la luna salió

Muchas estrellitas luceros de amor.

Estrellas, planetas

Luna y sol

Cuida nuestra tierra y llénala de amor

Poems

#1

Yo vivo en un mundo

No hay como él

Lleno de flores y plantas también.

Encuentro rocas, arena y mar

Tierra y ríos para disfrutar.

Yo vivo en un mundo

Que debemos cuidar

Su nombre es Tierra

¡Qué hermoso lugar!

#2

Nací para cuidar

esto que veo:

para cuidar la lluvia,

para cuidar el viento,

para cuidar el ave,

al pez y a lo pequeño

nací para cuidar

Todo el Universo

#3

Soy un científico

Y voy a crear

Hacer muchos experimentos

Jugar y a  explorar

Riddles

#1

Doy calorcito

Soy muy redondo

Salgo prontito

Y tarde me escondo

El sol