Friday, March 8, 2019

Knowing Asia

Classroom: Ositos A & B

Blog Theme: Hola! Around The World

Weekly Theme: Knowing Asia

Week: From 03/11/2019 to 03/15/2019


What we are learning?

We hope you all have a wonderful week. We will continue our theme “Hola! Around the world”. During this third week, we will explore the exotic and mysterious Asian continent. Children will discover t Asian culture, geography, traditions, cuisines, music, fauna and flora, etc.

  • Geography & Demographics

    • Learn about the geography and demographics of Asia and population.    

    • Discover traditional costumes.

  • Art

    • Learn about Asian art.

  • Natural Resources

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

  • Music

    • Learn about traditional music and musical instruments while listening to Asian music.  

  • Weekly Review & Special Project

    • 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.

In writing and language, children will write a message to a friend and create a friendship map.

We would like to invite the parents that come from any country of the Asian continent to share with us your culture and traditions. You are welcome to bring any souvenir or traditional costume for your presentation. If you are interested in participate, please let us know.

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, on Friday, March 29th, 2019.

  • 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 Frida, 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.

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


  • Asia - Asia

  • The Panda Bear - El oso panda

  • The Yek - El yek

  • The deer = El ciervo

  • The bonsai - El bonsai

  • The sushi - El sushi


Poems


#1
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!

#2
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


#1
Buenas y sonoras
Cuerdas tengo
Cuando me rascan
A la gente  entretengo.
La guitarra


#2
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?

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