Ground Transport

Classroom: Ositos A & B

Blog Theme: Travel & Communication in my city

Weekly Theme: Ground Transport

Week: From 12/31/2018 to 1/04/2019

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you all have a wonderful start to the new year 2019. During the month of January, we will learn about a new theme called “Travel & Communication in my city”. This topic will allow children to learn about all means that used and needed by the community. We refer specifically to means of transport and communication. Through fun learning activities and hands-on experiences children will acquire knowledge of ground, sea and air transport and means of communication that are used in our daily lives in our community for our personal or entertainment needs. Children will love to learn about how to get from here to there and this unit will be sure to satisfy their curiosity.

This week, children will explore and discover interesting facts about ground transport such as cars, trains, buses, motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, etc. Through practical actions we keep enlightening kids about how we commute from one place to another. 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. Below you can find a summary of all activities during the week:

• Ground Transport

• Learn about ground transport and share with classmates which are the ones I know.

• Compare all existing ground transport.

• Provide characteristics of ground transport.  

• Cars

• Learn about cars.

• Play with little cars and highways with silhouette of different geometrical shapes.

• Create license plates (activity for 4-year-old children).

• Trains

• Learn about trains.

• Create our favorite ground transport.

• Road Safety

• Learn about road safety, road signs and traffic lights.  

• Weekly Review & Special Project

• Review what we learn during the week, what our favorite topic was and what else we would like to learn.

• Participate in pretend play.

• Play carwash.

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

• New Year’s Eve Day on Monday, December 31st, 2018. School will be closed.  

• New Year’s Day on Tuesday, January 1st, 2019. School will be closed.  

• Kindergarten Visit (Graduation Class only) TBD

• Martin Luther King Gr. Holiday on Monday, January 21st, 2019. School will be closed.

• Report Cards are sent home on Friday, January 28th, 2019.  

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, Teddy, 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

• The truck – El camión

• The train – El tren

• The bicycle – La bicicleta

• The motorcycle – La motocicleta

• The traffic lights – El semáforo

• The road signs – Las señales de tránsito

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

Tongue Twisters

Corre corre rapidito

Solo para en la estación

Corre corre rapidito

Que el tren ya te dejó.