Classroom: OsitosBlog Topic: Let´s CelebrateWeekly Topic: Party in DecemberWeek: December 2nd, 2019 to December 6th, 2019
What are we learning?
Dear Parents,
We hope you are
having a wonderful week. We will continue with our topic “Let’s celebrate.” Christmas
is a wonderful holiday season. Children will be exploring Christmas traditions
and how people celebrate holidays around the world. Our focus this week
will be particularly learning about the Christmas story, the festivities, and
its most representative elements such as the Christmas Tree, ornaments, and
gingerbread man. Children will also write their letters to Santa and keep
rehearsing for our Holiday Party.
Through practical
actions we keep enlightening kids about the significance of holiday traditions and
helping children understand holiday activities in the context of people's daily
lives. We have scheduled exciting activities related to this topic so children
can continue learning through fun experiences. 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:
·
Christmas Celebration in the World
o
Learn about Christmas, a time to share with
family.
·
Christmas Tree Story
o
Learn about the Christmas tree story.
o
Create a Christmas ornament for our tree.
·
Christmas Ornaments & Lights
o
Everything looks bright while learning about
ornaments such as Christmas lights and the star.
o
Create winter sensory bottles in small group settings.
·
Christmas Cookies & Cakes
o
Learn about gingerbread cookies.
o
Bake gingerbread cookies.
·
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 dramatic play.
Thank you for letting us play such an essential role in your child’s
life and we hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Holidays
& Upcoming Events
·
Santa Visit & Book Donation Week from
Monday, December 16th, 2019 to Friday 20th, 2019.
·
Glenwood Holiday Party on Friday, December 20th,
2019.
·
Christmas Eve on Tuesday, December 24th,
2019. The school will be closed.
·
Christmas Day on Wednesday, December 25th,
2019. The school will be closed.
·
New Year’s Eve on Tuesday, December 31st,
2019. The school will be closed.
·
New Year’s Day on Wednesday, January 1st,
2020. The school will be closed.
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 and Traveling Pet will run 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 it 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 boxes 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 tree - El arbolito
·
The ginger cookies - Las galletas de jengibre
·
The Christmas cake - Los pasteles de navidad
·
The wreath - La guirnalda
·
The glowing objects - Los objectos brillantes
·
Sharing - El compartir
Song of the Week - Tradiciones por mí
Aquí en mi hermoso país
Muchas tradiciones hay por mi
Y hoy yo te quiero contar
Lo que yo celebro en Sff!
4 de Julio, Memorial Day, Acción de
Gracias y Labor Day, Good Friday, Fall Festival
Martin Luther King, Navidad, Año Nuevo
y ahora
Vamos a repetir
4 de Julio, Memorial Day, Acción de
Gracias y Labor Day, Good Friday, Fall Festival
Martin Luther King
Navidad y Año Nuevo
Tradiciones por mí
Rhymes
#1
¿Qué es la navidad?
Pregunté a mamá
Un día muy dulce como el mazapán
¿Qué es la navidad?
Pregunté a papá
Un día muy lindo donde aprendemos a dar
¿Qué es la navidad?
Pregunté a mi abuela
El día que deseamos salud amor y paz.
#2
El Señor Invierno
se viste de blanco
Se pone el abrigo
Porque está temblando
Se encuentra la lluvia
Llorando llorando
Y también el viento
Que viene soplando
Riddles
#1
De verde me visto cada diciembre
Y los niños disfrutan poniéndome
Adornos y luces de colores
Árbol de Navidad
#2
Cuando hay nieve podemos jugar
Grande o pequeño me puedes crear
Me pones un gorro y una bufanda al revés
Una nariz de zanahoria y brazos con ramas también
Muñeco de nieve
Tongue Twisters
Señora compre coco
No compro coco porque como poco
Como poco
Coco compro
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