Friday, March 13, 2020

Knowing Asia & Europe

Classroom: Ositos

Blog Theme: Hola! Around the World

Weekly Theme: Knowing Asia & Europe

Week: March 16, 2020 to March 20, 2020

What are we learning?

We hope you all have a wonderful week. This is our third week with our theme “Hola! Around the world.” This week children will learn everything about Asia and Europe. Children will explore and discover about their culture, geography, traditions, cuisines, music, fauna, and flora etc.

· Geography & Demographics

o Learn about the geography and demographics and population.

o Discover traditional costumes.

· Art

o Learn about art.

· Natural Resources

o Learn about fauna and flora as well as natural resources.

· Music

o Learn about traditional music and musical instruments while listening to music.

· 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.

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.

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

Star Words of the Week

· Asia - Asia

· The Panda Bear - El oso panda

· The Yek - El yek

· The deer = El ciervo

· The bonsai - El bonsai

· The sushi - El sushi

· Europe - Europa

· The Tower Eiffel - La Torre Eiffel

· The castles - Los castillos

· The Kings - Los Reyes

· The beanie - La boina

· The lasagna - La lasagna

Friday, February 28, 2020

Hola! Around The World

Classroom: Ositos

Blog Theme: Hola! Around The World

Weekly Theme: Knowing North America & Central America

Week: March 2nd, 2020 to March 6th, 2020

What are we learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you all have a wonderful week. We will start a new topic, “Hola! Around the world.” Being a student of Spanish for fun! allows the child to be immersed in a diversity environment and respect. All our activities stimulate children to develop skills and have attitudes that promotes equality, solidarity, fraternity and sense of belonging.

This new topic will allow children to develop skills that will foster equality, fraternity, solidarity, respect and sense of belonging while promoting respect for cultural diversity and equality. Through hands-on activities children will realize that cultural diversity conveys wealth of information and different experiences and learn new cultures while increasing their level of understanding about other cultures. Learning about other cultures helps children to be more accepting of diversity, creates curiosity and leads to global awareness.

This week children will learn about North America and Central America. This topic will promote respect for cultural diversity and equality. Children will explore and discover about their culture, traditions, cuisines, music, languages, etc. Children will learn to identify other cultures and have respect for other cultures.

We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme, so children can continue acquiring knowledge through fun experiences. Each one of them will help to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills. Some activities children will enjoy are as follows:

· Knowing USA

o Learn about USA (culture, touristic places and music).

· Knowing North Carolina

o Learn about the Cherokee history.

o Get familiar with culture and attractions in North Carolina.

o Create Cherokee headbands with different materials.

· Natural Resources in Central America

o Discover and explore the culture of Central American countries.

o Learn about the fauna, flora, geography and weather.

· Cultural Resources in Central America

o Learn about touristic places, traditions, traditional costumes and music.

· 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 an art project and create traditional hats.

o Watch a video about Smokey Mountains.

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

Holidays & Upcoming Events

· Picture Day on Monday, March 2nd, 2020 for Duraleigh, Wake Forest and Glenwood.

· Picture Day on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 for Glenwood Graduates.

· Picture Day on Thursday, March 5th, 2020 for Cary.

· Picture Day on Friday, March 6th, 2020 for Cary Graduates.

· International Fiesta on Friday, March 20th, 2020 for Wake Forest.

· International Fiesta on Friday, March 27th, 2020 for Cary, Duraleigh and Glenwood.

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.

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

· Remember your child to wash his/her hands when entering the classroom and before leaving the school. This is the best way to prevent illnesses.

· Make sure to bring your child on time so he/she can participate in circle time.

· 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 kitchen. Make sure to put ice packs inside the lunch box.

o Please keep in mind we are a nut-free environment.

· 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

· My flag - Mi bandera

· My city Raleigh - Mi ciudad Raleigh

· The eagle - El águila

· North Carolina - Carolina del Norte

· North America - América del Norte

· The spring - La primavera

Rhymes

Alrededor del mundo

Hay muchas personas como tú y como yo

Su música y su país es diferente

Y a todas ellas les doy

mi amor y admiración

Yo vivo en un mundo

Que debemos cuidar

Su nombre es Tierra

¡Qué hermoso lugar!

Vamos amiguitos

Vamos a tocar

Muchos instrumentos

Para, papapa

Suena el tambor

Suena el violín

Suena la guitarra

Trin, trin, trin, trin

Ahí vienen las maracas

Vamos todos a tocar

En esta linda orquesta

Que es fenomenal

Riddles

Buenas y sonoras

Cuerdas tengo

Cuando me rascan

A la gente entretengo

La guitarra

Se toca con dos palillos

Es un instrumento que suena fuerte

Bom, Bom, Bom

El tambor

Tongue Twisters

El anillo del llavero

No tiene llaves

¿Quién se ha llevado las llaves

Del anillo del llavero?

Friday, February 21, 2020

Science Week and Experiments

Classroom: Ositos

Blog Theme: Green Earth

Weekly Theme: Science Week and Experiments

Week: February 24^th, 2020 to February 28^th, 2020

What are we learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you all have a wonderful week. We will continue with the topic “Green Earth.” This week, we will be exploring the world of science. Science is all around us – our bodies, in nature, through cooking and gardening to name just a few. Science experiments are an incredibly effective means of getting children interacting with the world around them, both inside and outside the classroom and encouraging curiosity and many, many questions. There is no limit to what children can do with science and they will absolutely love it.

In the classroom, children will be encouraged to discuss and talk about what we see, feel, taste, hear, smell and discover; they will also have the opportunity to develop their observational skills and identify changes and differences, such as changes in matter; for example, mixing different colors ice cubes as well as reading books to explore scientific concepts and further experiments. Some of the concepts we will review this week are as follows:

· Mixture of Colors.

· Floating and sinking science experiment.

· Object Size and weight.

· Sensorial Experiences.

· Week Review.

We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme so children can continue acquiring knowledge through fun experiences. Each one of them will help to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills. Children will also participate in our STEAM and Science fair.

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

· STEAM & Science Fair Week from Monday, February 24th, 2020 to Friday, February 28th, 2020.

· Picture Day on Monday, March 2nd, 2020 for Duraleigh, Wake Forest and Glenwood.

· Picture Day on Thursday, March 5th, 2020 for Cary.

· Picture Day on Friday, March 6th, 2020 for Cary Graduates.

· International Fiesta on Friday, March 20th, 2020 for Wake Forest.

· International Fiesta on Friday, March 27th, 2020 for Cary, Duraleigh and Glenwood.

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. 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