The Polar Express & Santa Claus Visit

Classroom: Monitos A & B

Blog Theme: Let´s Celebrate

Weekly Theme: The Polar Express & Santa Claus Visit

Week: From 12/17/2018 to 12/21/2018

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you are having a great week. This week children will learn about Christmas stories. Through these stories, children will be encouraged to be humble and share the Christmas spirit while everyone is getting ready for Christmas celebration.  This particular week children will learn everything about Santa Claus and The Polar Express. Children will also understand that importance of respect, love, family union, sharing memories and help to the ones in need during this holiday season.

Through practical actions we keep enlightening kids about Christmas stories and symbols. We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme 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:

• Large Group Setting

• Learn about Santa, listen to Santa stories and the Polar Express. Children will discover the following:

• Where does he come from?

• Where does he live?

• The route he follows to deliver presents at home.

• Large Group Setting

• Learn about reindeers and our friend Rudolph.

• Sing the song of our reindeer friend Rudolph.  

• Large Group Setting

• Dance with green and red scarves while singing Santa Claus songs.    

• Large/Small Group Setting

• Read story books about Santa Claus.

• Large Group Setting

• Participate in a baking activity and prepare gingerbread cookies.      

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

• Glenwood Holiday Party on Monday, December 17th, 2018 at 9:30 am. Location: Unity of the Triangle at 5570 Munford Rd, Raleigh, NC 27612.

• Santa’s visit on Friday, December 21st at 10:00 am.

• Holiday Break on Monday, December 24th and Tuesday, December 25th, 2018. School will be closed.

• New Year’s Eve Celebration on Friday, December the 28th, 2018.

• New Year’s Break on Monday, December 31st and Tuesday, January 1st, 2019. School will be closed.

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 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

• Santa Claus – Papa Noel

• The reindeer – El reno

• The gifts – Los regalos

Song of the Week

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

Poems

#1

Estamos de fiesta!

Voy a celebrar

luces de colores

no dejan de brillar.

#2

Mi amigo el invierno

Ha llegado ya

Botas, abrigos y bufanda

Vamos todos a usar.

Riddles

#1

De verde me visto cada diciembre

Y los niños disfrutan poniéndome

Adornos y luces de colores.

Árbol de Navidad

#2

En la calle de  muchos colores me verás

Brillo brillo brillo

Y no dejo de brillar.

Las luces de colores.