Classroom: Ositos A & BBlog Title: My Family
Weekly Feature Theme: My Family & Family Members
Week: October 14th, 2019 to October 18th, 2019
What
are we learning?
Dear
Parents,
We hope you are having a
wonderful week.
Children are ready to learn about a new theme “My Family.” It is very
important for the children to learn about the significance of the family as it
helps to foster the feeling of a sense of belonging. Being part of a family allow
children to increase their self-confidence and self-esteem as well as feel
loved, understood and experience respect.
In the next two weeks,
children will discover interesting facts about the role of the family, the
importance of family in modern society, and family diversity. This week children
will learn the roles of each family member.
We have scheduled exciting activities
related to this theme, so children can continue learning through fun
experiences that help kids explore everything related to the family in different
ways. Each one of them 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:
·
Family Members
o
Identify family members.
o
Create a family collage. Draw each family member and place it in the
mural.
·
Types of Family
o
Identify clothing items of green and yellow colors.
·
Roles of Family Members
o
Identify tasks that family members do around the world.
o
Understand that children, even though small can help with house chores.
o
Put toys away.
o
Tide up his/her room.
o
Set up the table for lunch or dinner.
·
Extended Family - “The Big Family”
o
Learn about grandparents, uncles and aunts, cousins, etc.
o
Participate on a hands-on experience “My grandpa reads me a story book.”
·
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
Participate in our dramatic play project “The Three Bears.”
Thank you for letting us play
such an essential role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great
weekend.
Materials
for Weekly Activities
·
Bring a family picture on Monday, October 14th, 2019.
Holidays
& Upcoming Events
·
Columbus Day on Monday, October 14th, 2019.
·
Fall Field Trip Day on Friday, October 18th, 2019.
·
Costume Fall Festival Day on Friday, October 25th, 2019.
·
Glenwood Book Fair Week from Monday, October 21st, 2019 to Friday, October
25th, 2019.
Birthdays!!
We would like to wish Warren and David a very Happy Birthday! Their birthdays are on 10/15 and 10/19.
Homework
Children are learning
all the time; during walks, car rides, on family outings, and while they play.
As parents and educators, we should encourage and support these explorations
and games in a creative manner. We consider some examples of the best daily
tasks that we can do at home with our kids are as follows:
·
Reading one book from
front to back.
·
Stimulate them to
express their feelings, emotions, and thought while having a dialogue or during
family conversations.
·
Teach kids
responsibility while asking them to complete age-appropriate chores or household
tasks.
In addition to these
suggestions, Spanish for fun! will provide weekly homework assignments to
practice skills learned in the classroom. To complete homework assignments is
optional.
Homework activity will
start as of the week of Monday, September 30th, 2019. Below are the
homework assignment instructions if you decide to work on them with your child:
·
Homework will be placed in wall pocket envelopes or
in your child’s cubby every Wednesday. Please feel free to collect them every
Wednesday.
·
Review the enclosed assignments and select one,
two, or more worksheets and have your child work on them. Complete all
assignment worksheets is optional.
·
Return completed assignments by Tuesday of the
following week.
If you have any questions regarding homework assignments, please let us
know.
Year-Round Activities
Student of the Week &
Traveling Pet
Please make sure to sign
up your child for these beautiful activities as these 2 are the children's
favorites! These activities allow every child to create and share memories with
their classmates. Student of the week will run from August through January and
Traveling Pet from January to the end of the School Year.
As you know, every week,
a child is given a set week that he/she is 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 and other
interests. Parents will pick a day to present a banner to the classroom. 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 children
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 a collage of pictures and a written paper
containing a brief description of what they did with the pet. Parents should
make sure to place the collage inside the traveling pet bag.
Sign up for 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.
·
Avoid bringing your
child with items that can cause distractions such as toys, necklaces, bracelets
and watches.
·
Make sure that your
child has always an extra set of clothing in his/her cubby.
·
Bring appropriate
clothing based on weather and label them with your child's name before placing
them in his/her cubby.
·
Remove clothing from the cubby and leave one set of
clothing and a blanket for nap time.
·
Take the blanket home on Fridays for laundry and
bring it back on Monday.
·
Have enough pull-ups, diapers, wipes and rash
ointment in the cubby for the day, if your child has not been potty trained
yet.
·
Fill out an
administration or authorization form specifying when to use rash ointment.
o Supply ointments for your child.
o Label ointments with your
child's name and store them in a fabric tote bag.
·
Label food that you
bring to preschool.
o Write your child's name and
date.
o Place food or lunch box in the
kitchen. Make sure to put ice packs inside the lunch box.
o Please keep in mind we are a nut-free environment.
·
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 parents – Los padres
·
The children – Los hijos
·
The grandparents – Los abuelos
·
The siblings – Los hermanos
·
The uncles – Los tíos
·
The cousins – Los primos
Song of the Week – Tengo una familia
Tengo una familia y es fenomenal
Mi papa me ama mi mama igual
Con mis hermanitos yo puedo jugar
Y mis abuelitos bailan sin cesar.(x2)
Con este chachacha
La familia aprenderás
Respeto a papa amo mi mama
Mi abuelo y mi abuela felices están
Esta es mi familia, es mi dulce hogar.
Chachachacha amo a mi mama
Chachachacha amo a mi papa (x2)
Poems
Viva mi familia
Que felicidad
Vivo junto a ellos
Es fenomenal
Todos los niños y niñas
Necesitan un hogar
Una casita encantada
Un lugar para soñar
Todas las mañanas
Sueño al despertar
Que del cielo viene un ángel
Que me viene a besar.
Al abrir los ojos
Miro donde esta
Y en el mismo sitio
Veo a mis papas.
Riddles
Empieza con “A”
Y muchos cariños me da.
Me cuida , me mima
Y es la mamá de mi mama
Mi abuelita.
Tongue Twister
Mi tía Pancha plancha
Con dos planchas
Con dos planchas
Plancha mi
tía Pancha.
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