Classroom: Monitos
Blog Theme: Getting around and communicating in my city
Weekly Theme: Ground Transport
Week: From January 6th, 2020 to January 10th, 2020
What
we are learning?
Dear Parents,
We hope you all
have a wonderful start to the new year. During the month of January, we will
learn about a new theme called “Getting around and communicating in my city.” This
topic will allow children to learn about transportation and means of
communication used by a community. Through fun learning activities and hands-on
experiences children will acquire knowledge of ground, sea and air transport
and means of communication that are utilized daily for personal or
entertainment needs.
This week, children
will explore and discover interesting facts about ground transport. Through
practical actions we keep enlightening kids about how we commute from one place
to another. We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme so
children can continue learning through fun play. 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 ground transport.
o Compare
all existing ground transport.
o Provide
characteristics of ground transport.
·
Small-Group Setting
o Learn
about cars.
o Play
with little cars and highways with the silhouette of different geometrical shapes.
·
Small-Group Setting
o Learn
about trains.
o Create
our favorite ground transport.
·
Small-Group Setting
o Learn
about traffic lights.
o Throw
colored sandbags per teacher’s instruction on color.
·
Large Group Setting - Hands-on Experience
o Build
cars using boxes and work on a collage.
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
·
Kindergarten Visit for Ositos from January 13th,
2020 to January 17th, 2020.
·
Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The school will be
closed.
·
Delivery of Report Cards on January 27th,
2020.
·
Parent-Teacher Conference Week from February 3rd,
2020 to February 7th, 2020.
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 truck – El camión
·
The train – El tren
·
The bicycle – La bicicleta
Song of the Week – A Volar
Vamos
volando en un avión
Y
al ver por la ventana vemos las nubes pasar
Volando
en un avión
A
una enorme altura nos vamos a pasear
Desde
mi ventana las alas puedo ver
Y
allá abajo otras cosas también
Los
autos y edificios muy pequeños son
Y
me hacen sentir que muy alto estoy
Es
muy divertido un avión pilotear
Y
cuando sea mayor eso voy a estudiar
Por
ahora me conformo con solo jugar
A
salvo de tormentas que me puedan dañar
Rhymes
#1
Son muchos los medios de
locomoción
Los hay terrestres
Como el camión
Otros son acuáticos
Como el gran vapor
Y de los aéreos
El mayor de todos
Es el avión
#2
Quiero un barco de colores
Un avión para volar
Una moto de carreras
Y un gran autocar
Para ir con mis amigos
Por el cielo y por el mar
Y por la tierra redondita
Muchas vueltas dar
Riddles
#1
Va por el cielo
Como ventarrón
Lleva pasajeros
Y anda a motor
El avión
#2
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