Classroom: Ositos
Blog Theme: Let´s Celebrate
Weekly Theme: The Polar Express & Santa Claus Visit
Week: December 16th, 2019 to December 20th, 2019
What are we learning?
Dear Parents,
We hope you are having a wonderful week.
The Christmas spirit is alive in every classroom at Sff! and as part of our
tradition, we will have Santa Claus in our center. This week children will
continue learning about Christmas, in particular, about Christmas stories. We
will talk about the Polar Express, Rudolph and the elves.
Through practical
actions we keep enlightening kids about Christmas stories. We have scheduled
exciting activities related to this theme, so children can continue learning
through fun experiences. 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:
·
The Polar Express & Santa Claus
o
Learn about Santa, listen to Santa stories and
the Polar Express. Children will discover the following:
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Where does he come from?
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Where does he live?
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Write a story to Santa.
·
The Reindeers
o
Learn about reindeers and our friend Rudolph.
·
Christmas Time
o
Share with classmates what Christmas gift would
you like to give your family and friends.
o
Write a special card for our family.
·
What I like from Christmas
o
Learn about my preferences. Share what we like
during Christmas.
o
Create a graphic to measure who likes Santa,
Rudolph or the Elves and write down the count next to the image.
o
Write a letter to Santa.
·
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 festivity “The Ugly Sweater
Party” or “The Pajama Party.” Children will enjoy a movie and a snack during
the movie.
As Santa’s is visiting us this week, we
would appreciate if you can become part of our elf team and drop a present
(book) under the box that is located under our tree. This present will be given
to the kids when Santa comes. Please make sure to bring the book/present by
Monday morning, December 16th, 2018.
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
·
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
·
Santa Claus – Papa Noel
·
The reindeer – El reno
·
The gifts – Los regalos
·
Christmas cards – Las tarjetas
·
The Christmas dinner – La cena
·
The letter – La carta
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
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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