Classroom: Monitos
Blog Title: My Community and Me
Weekly Feature Theme: Community Helpers
Week: October 28th, 2019 to November 1st, 2019
What are we learning?
Dear Parents,
We hope you are having a wonderful week. We are
starting a new theme “My Community and Me.” For the next four weeks, children
will learn about the community where they live, the community helpers, and the
community public and private places.
During the first week, children will acquire
knowledge about the roles of community helpers while they are being encouraged
to have respect and admiration towards community helpers for the job that they
perform.
This week, they will also be exploring the
community they live in through songs, games and other activities. 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
o
Learn about the roles of community helpers such
as doctors, nurses, policemen, firefighters, teachers, veterinarians, etc.
·
Small-Group Setting
o
Create a firefighter helmet using paper plates.
·
Small-Group Setting
o
Create a collage of community helpers.
o
Search for tools used by community helpers and
match them with drawn mold in a paper.
·
Small-Group Setting
o
Create a book about community helpers.
o
Play doctor and use several medical objects.
·
Large Group Setting
o
Build a police car.
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
·
Community Helper Visit Week from Monday,
November 4th to Friday, November 8th, 2019.
·
Thanksgiving Day Celebration on Wednesday,
November 27th, 2019.
·
Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, November 28th,
2019. The school will be closed on Thursday, November 28th, 2019 and
Friday, November 29th, 2019 for Thanksgiving Holiday.
Birthdays
·
Happy Birthday to Leonel from Monitos A who is
celebrating his birthday on October 30th, 2019. We wish you the
best.
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
·
Wash your hands and your child's hands when entering the
classroom and help your child to find his/her seat.
·
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 refrigerator or
counter. If you leave the lunch box in the counter, make sure to put ice packs
inside the lunch box.
·
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 doctor - El doctor
·
The firefighter - El bombero
·
The policeman - El policía
Song
of the Week – Comunidad
Conozco mucha, mucha gente en mi vida,
Que siempre ayuda con mucha alegría
Y si tú quieres conocer sus oficios
Jugando vamos a nombrarlos en un ratito
Es l enfermera, es el cartero
Es la maestra de Spanish for fun!
El policía y el bombero
Son los amigos que te cuidaran.
Conozco mucha…
Es el dentista y el granjero
El cocinero…delicias te hará
El carpintero y el arquitecto
Son los amigos que te ayudarán
Poems
# 1
El cocinero mezcla los sabores
Tiene su cocina de ricos olores
# 2
El veterinario cura perros y
pajaritos
Siempre está rodeado de
animalitos
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