Classroom: Ositos
Blog Theme: Means of Communication & Transportation in the city
Weekly Theme: Land Transportation
Week: From 1/1/2018 to 1/5/2018
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 “Means of Communication and Transportation in the City”. Children will get familiar with all different means of transport that we commonly use in our life. Through practical actions, we keep enlightening kids about how we commute from one place to another.
This week, in particular, children will gain knowledge about different types of land transports that move on roadways and railways and their importance in our life. This theme will be sure to satisfy their curiosity as children will discover convenient ways to get to places, road signs, and safety tips while on the road. After the lesson, children will be able to explain appropriate times to cross a street, identify significant road signs and demonstrate road safety techniques.
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.
On Tuesday, children will explore and identify every type of land transportation. They will be able to compare and distinguish all the types.
On Wednesday, children will discover everything about cars. They will play with cars and highways. Children will also work on creating car plates as a craft.
On Thursday, children will discover everything about trains. They will also create their favorite means of transportation.
On Friday, children will learn about road signs and the importance of them.
Following our curriculum in writing and math, children will learn the letter N and the number 11 and the different concepts of quantity and number.
Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.
Materials for Weekly Activities
Please donate empty boxes to be used as a recycled material for our weekly crafts. If you have at home boxes to be recycled, bring them to the school on Monday.
Holidays & Upcoming Events
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. school will be closed on Monday, January 15th, 2018.
Art fair on January 16th, 2018 through January 26th, 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 make 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. The parent 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
Remember your child to wash his/her hands when entering the classroom and before leaving the school. This is the best way to prevent illnesses.
Make sure to bring your child on time so he/she can participate in circle time. This activity starts at 8:45am and will stimulate and strengthen skills in all areas.
Read your child’s journal, blogs, and Friday Newsletter. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us in case you have any comment or any question about your child’s development or any notes/comments made in your child’s journal.
Avoid bringing your child with items that can cause distraction such as toys, necklaces, bracelets, watches, etc. This is needed to help him/her concentrate on the scheduled activities at school.
Label all your child’s clothing and items and make sure that your child has an 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, if your child has not been potty-trained yet.
If your child is bringing a lunch box, please label it with your child’s name and date and place it in the kitchen. If the lunch box requires being refrigerated, please put it in the refrigerator.
Take home the homework blue folder in your child’s cubby and take one or 2 paper sheets from the container that are next to the entrance of the classroom. Homework should be returned by Tuesday and do not forget to bring the homework folder back on Monday.
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
The motorcycle – La motocicleta
The traffic lights – El semáforo
The road signs – Las señales de tránsito
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.
Poems
#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
Tiene motor , Cuatro ruedas
Ventanillas sin cortinas
Un timón negro y también una bocina
El carro
Tongue Twisters
Corre corre rapidito
Solo para en la estación
Corre corre rapidito
Que el tren ya te dejó.
