Science Week and Experiments

Classroom: Ositos

Blog Theme: Green Earth

Weekly Theme: Science Week and Experiments

Week: February 24^th, 2020 to February 28^th, 2020

What are we learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you all have a wonderful week. We will continue with the topic “Green Earth.”  This week, we will be exploring the world of science. Science is all around us – our bodies, in nature, through cooking and gardening to name just a few. Science experiments are an incredibly effective means of getting children interacting with the world around them, both inside and outside the classroom and encouraging curiosity and many, many questions. There is no limit to what children can do with science and they will absolutely love it.

In the classroom, children will be encouraged to discuss and talk about what we see, feel, taste, hear, smell and discover; they will also have the opportunity to develop their observational skills and identify changes and differences, such as changes in matter; for example, mixing different colors ice cubes as well as reading books to explore scientific concepts and further experiments. Some of the concepts we will review this week are as follows:

·         Mixture of Colors.

·         Floating and sinking science experiment.

·         Object Size and weight.

·         Sensorial Experiences.

·         Week Review.

We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme so children can continue acquiring knowledge through fun experiences. Each one of them will help to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills. Children will also participate in our STEAM and Science fair.

 

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

·         STEAM & Science Fair Week from Monday, February 24th, 2020 to Friday, February 28th, 2020.

·         Picture Day on Monday, March 2nd, 2020 for Duraleigh, Wake Forest and Glenwood.

·         Picture Day on Thursday, March 5th, 2020 for Cary.

·         Picture Day on Friday, March 6th, 2020 for Cary Graduates.

·         International Fiesta on Friday, March 20th, 2020 for Wake Forest.

·         International Fiesta on Friday, March 27th, 2020 for Cary, Duraleigh and Glenwood.

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 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

·         To take care - Cuidar

·         To clean - Limpiar

·         Water the plants - Regar las plantas

·         The trash - La basura

·         The pollution - La contaminación

·         To recycle – Reciclar

 

Song of the Week

 

Buenos días ya salió el sol

Miro hacia el cielo, las nubes de algodón

Buenas noches, la luna salió

Muchas estrellitas, luceros de amor

Estrellas, planetas

Luna y sol

Cuida nuestra tierra y llénala de amor

 

Rhymes

 

#1

Yo vivo en un mundo

No hay como él

Lleno de flores y plantas también

Encuentro rocas, arena y mar

Tierra y ríos para disfrutar

 

Yo vivo en un mundo

Que debemos cuidar

Su nombre es Tierra

¡Qué hermoso lugar!

 

#2

Nací para cuidar

esto que veo

para cuidar la lluvia,

para cuidar el viento,

para cuidar el ave,

al pez y a lo pequeño

nací para cuidar

Todo el Universo

 

 

#3

Soy un científico

Y voy a crear

Hacer muchos experimentos

Jugar y a explorar

 

Riddles

#1

Doy calorcito

Soy muy redondo

Salgo prontito

Y tarde me escondo

El sol

Tongue Twisters

Filipí, filipó

La flor se abrió

Filipí, filipó

El sol la abrigo