Blog Theme: Animal Kingdom
Weekly Theme: My Pets and Me
Week: From 05/21/2018 to 05/25/2018
What we are learning?
Dear Parents,
We hope you all have a wonderful week. This is our fourth and last week of the fascinating theme “The Animal Kingdom”. This week we will learn about pets and how to provide care for them. Children enjoy pets for many reasons. They like watching them, touching them, handling them, caring for them, and learning about them. Many different animals can become pets. Children will learn which animals will make good pets and that all pets need love, care, food, and shelter. Pets also introduce children to the life cycle in a relevant and meaningful way.
We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme, so children can continue acquiring knowledge through fun experiences. Each one of these activities will help to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills.
· Monday - Large Group Setting
o Observe images and photographs of pets while saying the names.
o Learn to use the pronouns “mi” and “tu”.
o Discuss about pet care.
· Tuesday - Small Group Setting
o Create pet art using paper plates.
o Stamp with fingers and create art.
· Wednesday – Large Group Setting
o Participate in a hands-on activity: play pet shop.
§ Children will bring a stuffed animal as pet and the pet will be vaccinated, given a bath and a haircut.
· Thursday - Small Group Setting
o Pretend to feed dogs with cookies.
o Use a quantity up to 10 cookies.
· Friday - Large Group Setting
o Review what we have learn during the week.
As temperatures are getting hot, please remember to bring sunscreen for your child with the application form. If you have any question on the sunscreen application form, please do not hesitate to ask Miss Carol.
Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.
Materials for Weekly Activities
· Bring a stuffed animal for our pet shop on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018.
Holidays & Upcoming Events
· Memorial Day on Monday, May 28th, 2018. School will be closed.
· Report Cards will be sent home on Wednesday, May 30th, 2018.
Birthdays
· Happy Birthday to Isabella Guzman who is celebrating her birthday on 5/25! We wish you the best.
Year-Round Activities
Student of the Week & Travelling Pet
Please make sure to sign up your child for these wonderful activities as these 2 are the children favorites! Both activities allow every child to make and share memories with their classmates.
For the student of the week activity, every week a child is given a set week that he/she are 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 or anything they are interested in. Also, on their week parents and the student of the week may pick a day to present the poster and the book to the class. 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 child 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 to school a collage of pictures and a brief description of what they did with the pet. Parent should make sure to place the collage inside the travelling pet bag.
Sign up to both activities today! Sign-up sheets are available at the entrance of the classroom.
Friendly Reminders
· Wash your hands and your child’s hands when entering the classroom and help your child to find his/her seat.
· Read your child’s journal, blogs and Friday Newsletter.
· Label all your child’s clothing and items and make sure that your child has extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather in his/her cubby now that is getting colder.
· Make sure to remove clothing from the cubby and just leave one set of clothing and a blanket for nap time.
· Make sure to bring extra sets of clothing for all the children that are being potty trained.
· Make sure to take the blanket home on Fridays for laundry and bring it back on Monday.
· Make sure to have enough pull-ups or diapers in the cubby for the day.
· Label all bottles and food that you bring to preschool for your child with your child’s name and the date it was prepared and drop it in the kitchen. 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.
· Apply sunscreen to your child every morning.
· Make sure to keep in your child’s cubby a pair of glasses and a summer hat.
· Sunscreen and mosquito repellant are important to protect your child because he/she is very susceptible to sunburn/mosquito bites. Yet applying sunscreen and mosquito repellent to your child requires planning. If sunscreen and mosquito repellent must be applied to your child, make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when sunscreen and mosquito repellant should be applied and be sure to supply the sunscreen and mosquito repellant, label the bottles with your child's name and place them in a tote bag.
Star Words of the Week
· My dog – Mi perro
· My cat – Mi gato
· My bunny – Mi conejo
Song of the Week
Song #1- Animales de la Granja
Mi abuelita tiene una granja bella
Con animalitos y flores muy bellas,
Ahora este jueguito de imitar sonidos
Tú lo haces primero y luego tu amiguito
(Repetir 2x)
El perrito ladra (sonido)
El gato maulla (sonido)
El gallito canta (sonido)
La vaca estornuda (sonido)
El conejo salta
El caballo trota
Y los pajaritos la canción entonan (Repetir 2x)
Song #2 - Animales de la Selva
Los animales que hay en la selva,
Tú los vas repetir,
Algunos gordos, otros muy altos
Igual nos vamos a divertir.
El elefante que está muy grande
Y la jirafa que alta es
Y el monito que salta y salta
El cocodrilo… me va a morder
Los animales…
Es un león que esta enojón
Es la serpiente que es muy decente
Y la tortuga come lechuga
Y el ratón (donde está el ratón?)
Ya se escondió
Los animales…
Rhymes
Rhyme # 1
Después de la lluvia
Salió el caracol
Después de la lluvia
A tomar el sol.
Rhyme # 2
Coco, coco, cocodrilo
En el río está tranquilo
Ele ele elefante
En la trompa lleva un guante.
Salta, salta, saltamontes
Salta mucho y no se rompe.
Rhyme # 3
La ballena Elena
Es gorda y es buena
Nada por los mares
Como una sirena.
Riddles
Soy verde
Me gusta saltar
Jugar en el charco
Y también croar
El sapo
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