Classroom: Ositos A & B
Blog Title: My Community and Me
Weekly Feature Theme: Community Helpers
Week: From 10/29/2018 to 11/02/2018
What we are learning?
Dear Parents,
As of Monday, October 29th, we will start with a new theme “My Community and Me”. For the next 5 weeks children will learn about the community where they live, the community helpers, the community public and private places.
Children will be exploring the community where we are living through songs, games and other activities. At the end of the 5 weeks, children will be able to identify businesses, institutions and recreation areas that exist in our community as well as different means of transportation. They will be also able to identify the role of our community helpers such as police men, firefighters, chefs, bakers, gardeners, doctors, teachers, etc. and we will be encouraging children to have respect, show solidarity and admire our community helpers for the hard work they do.
This first week children will acquire knowledge about the roles and functions of community helpers. This will allow children to foster respect and admiration towards community helpers for the job that they perform. They will also participate in activities that are going to allow them to relate closer with community helpers.
We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme so children can continue learning through fun experiences that help kids explore everything related to our community in different ways. Through practical actions we will keep enlightening kids about importance of our community. Each one of these activities will help to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills. Below you can find a summary of all activities during the week:
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Introduction
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Discover who are the helpers in our community.
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Use what if situations so children get familiar
with community helpers.
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What happens if my dog gets sick?
o
Let children share own stories; i.e. what mom
and dad does, etc.
·
Community Helpers
o
Learn about the roles description of community
helpers such as doctors, nurses, police men, firefighters, teachers,
veterinarians, etc.
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Other Community Helpers
o
Discuss about characteristics and job
description of the mail man, baker, mechanic, builder, construction worker,
etc.
o
Participate in an intentionality writing
activity: Write a letter to a relative.
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What I will be when I grow up
o
Pretend play: dress up as community
helpers.
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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
Enjoy the visit of the firefighters and police
men in pre-school.
Children will
also be able to enjoy and learn from the visit of our community helpers. More
details to follow.
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
·
Glenwood Book Fair from Monday, October 29th,
2019 to November 2nd, 2018.
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Community Helper Visit Week from Monday,
November 12th to Friday, November 16th, 2018.
·
Thanksgiving Day Celebration on Wednesday,
November 21st, 2018.
·
Thanksgiving Holiday on Thursday, November 22nd,
2018 and Friday, November 23rd, 2018. Spanish for fun! will be closed both
days.
·
Cary Book Fair from Monday, November 26th,
2018 to Friday, November 30th, 2018.
Birthdays
·
Happy Birthday to Cole Scott who is celebrating
his birthday on 10/29. 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
·
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. This activity starts at 8:45am and will
stimulate and strengthen skills in all areas.
·
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.
·
Label all bottles and food that you bring to
preschool for your child with your child’s name and the date it was prepared
and drop it in the kitchen. Please keep in mind we are a nut free environment.
·
Take home the homework blue folder in your
child’s cubby and take one or 2 paper sheets from the container that are next
to the entrance of the classroom. Homework should be returned by Tuesday and do
not forget to bring the homework folder back on Monday.
·
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
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The doctor - El doctor
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The firefighter - El bombero
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The police man - El policía
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The nurse - La enfermera
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The teacher - La maestra
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The veterinarian - El veterinario
Song of the Week – Comunidad
Conozco mucha mucha gente en mi vida,
Que siempre ayuda con mucha alegría
Y si tú quieres conocer sus oficios
Jugando vamos a nombrarlos en un
ratito.
Es l enfermera, es el cartero
Es la maestra de Sff
El policía y el bombero
Son los amigos que te cuidaran.
Conozco mucha……….
Es el dentista y el granjero
El cocinero…delicias te hará
El carpintero y el arquitecto
Son los amigos que te ayudaran.
Poems
#1
Son muchas las personas
Que trabajan en mi comunidad
Lo hacen con mucho esmero
Siempre listos a ayudar
Doctor, policía, bombero
Profesor y muchos más
Cartero, basurero, jardinero.
Son parte de mi comunidad.
#2
El cocinero mezcla los sabores
Tiene su cocina de ricos olores
El veterinario cura perros y pajaritos
Siempre está rodeado de animalitos.
Pinceles pomos y telas usa el pintor
Hizo un cuadro de mucho color
#3
El semáforo en la calle
Debemos de mirar
Si esta rojo no pasamos
Pues tenemos que esperar
De pronto se pone
¡!verde!!
Es momento de pasar.
Riddles
#1
Con pinturas de colores
Con rodillo y pincel
Pinta paredes y puertas
Adivina ¿Quién es el?
El pintor
#2
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