Secrets of the Planet

Classroom: Ositos A & B

Blog Theme: Green Earth

Weekly Theme: Secrets of the Planet

Week: From 02/04/2019 to 02/08/2019

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you all have a wonderful week. This week we will continue with the theme “Green Earth” Children will be exploring the secrets of the planet. We will be talking about how the beginnings were, what volcanos are, why volcanic eruptions happen, and why prehistoric animals are known as dinosaurs. They will also explore other planets of our solar system as well as the sun, the moon, the starts and the rotation of the planet Earth around its own axis with respect to the sun.  

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. Some activities children will enjoy are as follows:

• Once Upon a Time: The Dinosaurs.  

• Volcanos

• Learn about volcanos.

• What are they?

• What can we find inside a volcano crater?

• Are they dangerous?

• Create a volcano and simulate an eruption.

• The Solar System: Earth Rotation - Day & Night

• Understand why we have day and night.

• Learn about the Sun, Moon and Stars.

• 4-year-old children will read a story about the Moon and Astronauts.

• The Planets

• Learn about the characteristics of the planets.   

• 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 dramatic play: Turn our dramatic play center into a prehistoric place with caves and volcanos.

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

• Parent-Teacher Conferences from Monday, February 4th, 2019 to Friday, February 8th, 2019.

• Valentine’s Day Celebration on February 14th, 2019.

• Teacher Appreciation Week from Monday, February 18th, 2019 to Friday, February 22nd, 2019.

• Science Fair Week from Monday, February 25th, 2019 to Friday, March 1st, 2019 (Pre-school classrooms)

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

• The dinosaurs - Los dinosaurios

• The day - El día

• The night - La noche

• The stars - Las estrellas

• The planets - Los planetas

• The rainbow  - El arcoiris

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 explorer

Riddles

#1

Doy calorcito

Soy muy redondo

Salgo prontito

Y tarde me escondo

El sol

Tongue Twisters

Filipí filipó

La flor se abrio

Filipí filipó

El sol la abrigo