Classroom: OsitosBlog Title: My Community and MeWeekly Feature Theme: Community PlacesWeek: November 4th, 2019 to November 8th, 2019
What are we learning?
Dear Parents,
We would like to thank you
for your participation at our Fall Festival. The children had so much fun! We will
continue with our topic “My Community and Me.” This week children will be able
to identify institutions that offer help, entertainment, and culture as well as
recreation areas in our community. They will be also exploring the community we
are living through songs, games and other activities.
Through practical actions and pretend play, we will keep
enlightening kids about the importance of the community places. We have scheduled
exciting activities related to this theme so children can continue learning
through fun experiences that help kids explore everything related to our
community places in different ways. 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:
·
Institutions/Facilities providing Healthcare and
Rescue Services
o
Learn about hospitals, firefighter stations,
dental clinics and vet clinics.
·
Community Places providing Public Services
o
Learn about supermarkets, bakeries, restaurants
and schools.
·
Community Places providing Entertainment
o
Learn about movie theaters, gaming centers, parks,
etc.
·
Community Places providing Culture
o
Learn about museums, libraries, theaters, etc.
·
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 hands-on experiences:
o
Play library.
o
Play bakery and bake cookies.
Thank you for letting us play such an essential role in
your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.
Holidays
& Upcoming Events
·
Community
Helper Visit Week from Monday, November 4th to Friday, November 8th,
2019.
·
Thanksgiving
Day Celebration on Wednesday, November 27th, 2019.
·
Thanksgiving
Day on Thursday, November 28th, 2019. The school will be closed on
Thursday, November 28th, 2019 and Friday, November 29th,
2019 for Thanksgiving Holiday.
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. 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 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
·
My school - Mi escuela
·
The park - El parque
·
The hospital - El hospital
·
The museum - El museo
·
The library - La biblioteca
·
The fire fighter station - La
estación de bomberos
Song of the Week – Comunidad
Conozco
mucha, mucha gente en mi vida,
Que
siempre ayuda con mucha alegría
Y
si tú quieres conocer sus oficios
Jugando
vamos a nombrarlos en un ratito
Es
la enfermera, es el cartero
Es
la maestra de Spanish for fun!
El
policía y el bombero
Son
los amigos que te cuidaran.
Conozco
mucha…
Es
el dentista y el granjero
El
cocinero…delicias te hará
El
carpintero y el arquitecto
Son
los amigos que te ayudarán
Rhymes
#1
Son
muchas las personas
Que
trabajan en mi comunidad
Lo
hacen con mucho esmero
Siempre
listos a ayudar
Doctor,
policía, bombero
Profesor
y muchos más
Cartero,
basurero, jardinero
Son
parte de mi comunidad
#2
El
cocinero mezcla los sabores
Tiene
su cocina de ricos olores
El
veterinario cura perros y pajaritos
Siempre
está rodeado de animalitos
Pinceles
pomos y telas usa el pintor
Hizo
un cuadro de mucho color
#3
El
semáforo en la calle
Debemos
de mirar
Si
esta en rojo, no pasamos
Pues
tenemos que esperar
De
pronto se pone ¡verde!
Es
momento de pasar
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