Classroom: MonitosBlog Theme: Let´s CelebrateWeekly Theme: The Polar Express & Santa Claus VisitWeek: December 16th, 2019 to December 20th, 2019
What are we learning?
Dear Parents,
We hope you are having a wonderful 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 the Christmas celebration. This particular week children will learn everything about Santa Claus and The Polar Express.
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 them 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 Santa, listen to Santa stories and
the Polar Express. Children will discover the following:
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Where does he come from?
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Where does he live?
·
Large Group Setting
o
Learn about reindeers and our friend Rudolph.
o
Sing the song of our reindeer friend Rudolph.
o
Create our Christmas reindeer.
·
Large Group Setting
o
Dance with green and red scarves while singing
Santa Claus songs.
o
Paint snow on black cardboard.
·
Large/Small Group Setting
o
Read storybooks about Santa Claus.
o
Large Group Setting
o
Participate in a baking activity and prepare
gingerbread cookies.
o
Work on our Christmas wreath.
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
·
Santa Visit & Book Donation Week from
Monday, December 16th, 2019 to Friday 20th, 2019.
·
Glenwood Holiday Party on Friday, December 20th,
2019.
·
Christmas Eve on Tuesday, December 24th,
2019. The school will be closed.
·
Christmas Day on Wednesday, December 25th,
2019. The school will be closed.
·
New Year’s Eve on Tuesday, December 31st,
2019. The school will be closed.
·
New Year’s Day on Wednesday, January 1st,
2020. The school will be closed.
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 it 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
·
Santa Claus – Papa Noel
·
The reindeer – El reno
·
The gifts – Los regalos
Song of the Week - Tradiciones por mí
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
Rhymes
#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
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