Classroom: Ositos A & B

Blog Theme: Hola! Around The World

Weekly Theme: Knowing Africa

Week: From 03/25/2019 to 03/29/2019

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you all have a wonderful week. We will continue with our theme “Hola! Around the world”.

This week children will learn everything about Africa. Africa is rich with varied wildlife, lakes and rivers. Children will explore and discover about their culture, geography, languages, traditions, cuisines, music, natural resources, fauna and flora etc.

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.

Geography & Demographics

Learn about African geography, demographics, and population.
Discover traditional costumes.

Create African masks and necklaces and other creative crafts.

Natural Resources

Learn about fauna and flora.

Music

Listen to animal sounds.
Listen to African music while learning about African musical instruments.

Weekly Review & Special Project

Review what we learn during the week, what our favorite topic was, and what else we would like to learn.
Create water or rain sticks with paper towel rolls.

In language, we will be creating words with all the phonemes we have learnt so far and in art, we will continue rehearsing for our performance. Children are really excited as this is their last year here as they are graduating to continue their path into kindergarten.

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

International Fiesta for Glenwood location on Friday, March 29th, 2019. Event will take place at UNITY OF THE TRIANGLE located at 5570 Munford Rd, Raleigh NC 27612. Event will start at 4.00pm.
Week of the Young Child from Monday, April 15th, 2019 through Friday, April 19th, 2019.
Easter Celebration on Thursday, April 18th, 2019.
Good Friday on Friday, April 19th, 2019. School is closed.
Book Fair from Monday, April 22nd, 2019 through Friday, April 26th, 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 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.

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

Africa - Africa
The drum - El tambor
The maracas - Las maracas
The masks - Las máscaras
The African necklaces - Los collares africanos
The African dances - Los danzas africanas

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 pa pa pa

Suena el tambor

Suena el violin

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, March 22, 2019

Knowing Africa

Blog Theme: Hola! Around The World

Weekly Theme: Knowing Africa

Week: From 03/25/2019 to 03/29/2019

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you all have a wonderful week. We will continue with our theme “Hola! Around the world”.

This week children will learn everything about Africa. Africa is rich with varied wildlife, lakes and rivers. Children will explore and discover about their culture, geography, languages, traditions, cuisines, music, natural resources, fauna and flora etc.

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.

Geography & Demographics

Learn about African geography, demographics, and population.

Discover traditional costumes.

Art

Create African masks and necklaces and other creative crafts.

Natural Resources

Learn about fauna and flora.

Music

Listen to animal sounds.

Listen to African music while learning about African musical instruments.

Weekly Review & Special Project

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

Create water or rain sticks with paper towel rolls.

In language, we will be creating words with all the phonemes we have learnt so far and in art, we will continue rehearsing for our performance. Children are really excited as this is their last year here as they are graduating to continue their path into kindergarten.

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

International Fiesta for Glenwood location on Friday, March 29th, 2019. Event will take place at UNITY OF THE TRIANGLE located at 5570 Munford Rd, Raleigh NC 27612. Event will start at 4.00pm.

Week of the Young Child from Monday, April 15th, 2019 through Friday, April 19th, 2019.

Easter Celebration on Thursday, April 18th, 2019.

Good Friday on Friday, April 19th, 2019. School is closed.

Book Fair from Monday, April 22nd, 2019 through Friday, April 26th, 2019.

Year-Round Activities

Student of the Week & Travelling Pet

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

Africa - Africa

The drum - El tambor

The maracas - Las maracas

The masks - Las máscaras

The African necklaces - Los collares africanos

The African dances - Los danzas africanas

Rhymes

Riddles

Tongue Twisters

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