Type of Homes

Classroom: Monitos A & B

Blog Title: My family

Weekly Feature Theme: Type of Homes

Week: From 10/22/2018 to 10/26/2018

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you are having a beautiful week. This week we continue learning about family, particularly about types of homes. Through songs, games and other activities children will discover the different types of homes, the rooms and the furniture and objects we can find in any house.

Children will also discover that a home not only will provide with roof, but it also relates with the fact of having a family with whom they live and share experiences.

We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme, so children can continue learning through fun experiences that help kids explore everything related to family in different ways. Through practical actions we will keep enlightening kids about importance of family. 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:

• Large Group Setting

• Observe visual flashcards of different homes.

• Sing the song “Yo tengo una casita que es así” (I have a home like this).   

• Small Group Setting

• Identify different home objects, name them and describe its use in dramatic play.

• Small Group Setting

• Observe green and yellow objects we can find in a home.  

• Small Group Setting

• Play with matching cards of different types of homes.  

• Large Group Setting - Outdoors

• Walk on drawn lines in the floor and follow path to get home.

• Borrow books from library to enjoy a literacy night with the family.

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

• Costume Festival on Friday, October 26th, 2018.

• Glenwood Book Fair from Monday, October 29th, 2018 to Friday, November 2nd, 2018.  

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.

• Make sure to remove clothing from the cubby and just leave one set of clothing and a blanket for nap time.

• 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.

Star Words of the Week

• The mother – La mamá

• The father – El papá

• The brother – El hermano

Song of the Week – Tengo una familia

Tengo una familia y es fenomenal

Mi papa me ama mi mama igual

Con mis hermanitos yo puedo jugar

Y mis abuelitos bailan sin cesar.(x2)

Con este chachacha

La familia aprenderás

Respeto a papa amo mi mama

Mi abuelo y mi abuela felices están

Esta es mi familia, es mi dulce hogar.

Chachachacha amo a mi mama

Chachachacha amo a mi papa (x2)

Poems

Viva mi familia

Que felicidad

Vivo junto a ellos

Es fenomenal

Todos los niños y niñas

Necesitan un hogar

Una casita encantada

Un lugar para soñar

Todas las mañanas

Sueño al despertar

Que del cielo viene un ángel

Que me viene a besar.

Al abrir los ojos

Miro donde esta

Y en el mismo sitio

Veo a mis papas.

Riddles

Empieza con “A”

Y muchos cariños me da.

Me cuida , me mima

Y es la mamá de mi mama

Mi abuelita.