Week of 04/03 - 04/07

Classroom: Buhitos

Blog Title: The Plants

Weekly Feature Theme: The parts of the plant

Week: April 3^rd to April 7^th, 2017

  What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you are having a beautiful week. This month our theme is “The Plants”. This coming week we will learn everything about the parts of the plant.

We have scheduled learning activities related to this theme to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills. Children will explore and discover all about the wonderful world of plants.  Children will strengthen their motor skills while dancing pretending to be trees”, they will move their arms and hands from one side to another and they will try to reach their feet. They will also experience colored ice and they will draw trees and make a collage. They will also explore nature and feel the texture of leaves and petals.

Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.

Miss Claudia, Miss Rosa & Miss Eliana

                 Holidays & Upcoming Events

•          Easter Celebration (Easter Egg Hunt) on April 13^th, 2017.
•          School is closed on Good Friday, April 14^th, 2017.
•          International Fiesta on April 20^th, 2017. 
•          Week of the Young Child from April 23^rd to 29^th, 2017.

              Friendly Reminders

• Wash your hands and your child hands when entering your child’s classroom.
• Always store pacifiers in their packages.
• Read, review and fill out your child’s journal with information for the teacher.
• Label all your child’s clothing and items and make sure that your child has TWO 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.
• Bring diapers, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name when requested and if needed.
• Make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when bug spray, diaper cream and any other ointment should be applied and be sure to supply and label the items with your child's name and place them in a Ziploc bag.
• Morning snack time is at 8:45 am every day till 9:10 am.
• Label all bottles and food that you bring to preschool for your child with your child’s name and the date it was prepared.
• Inform the teacher if there has been a change in your child’s feeding schedule.
• 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 plant - La planta

The flower - La flor

              

Song of the Week

Un día en el parque jugando estaba

¡Con mis amigos de Sff!

Miré hacia el suelo, vi algo pequeño

La semillita yo vi pasar

Yo la tome con mucho cuidado

Y en una taza con amor la sembré,

Con tierra y agua creció mi plantita

Y muchas flores yo vi nacer.

Cuida tú alrededor,

A las plantitas respeta,

Por un mundo mejor cuida la naturaleza

               

           Poems

Poem #1

Mi plantita es muy bonita

Yo la tengo que regar

Cada día crece un poco

Por la luz que el sol le da.

Poem #2

Semillita semillita

Que con agua y luz del sol

Te convertiste en una plantita

Con muchas hojas y una flor.

 

Riddles

Verde soy

Huelo muy bien

Crezco con flores , plantas

Y árboles también

Las hojas

Week of March 27th - 31st

Classroom: Buhitos

Blog Title: People and Music around the World

Weekly Featured Theme: Getting to know America II

Week: March 27^th to March 31^st, 2017

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Buhitos Parents,

We continue with our theme for the month of March called “People and Music around the World”. This coming week we will learn everything about Latin America. We will talk about music, their people, their traditions, culture, traditional food and interesting places in all these countries.

We have scheduled learning activities related to this theme to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills. Children will work on art projects with paper and glue and we will create together a beautiful Peruvian poncho. They will also play with sensorial bottles and will have fun discovering and exploring traditional musical instruments from Peru such as flauta and quena. And we will end the week with a special food activity. Children will help to prepare Peruvian causa.

Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

Miss Claudia & Rosita

🔆 Friendly Reminders

●      Bring extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather and make sure to label all your child’s clothing.

●      Bring diapers, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name.

●      Read your child’s journal every day.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

●      None

🎂 Birthdays

·         None

⭐ Star Words of the Week

●      The latin party – La fiesta latina

●      The music – La música

Week of March 20-24

Classroom: Buhitos

Blog Title: People and Music around the World

Weekly Featured Theme: Getting to know America & Latin America

Week: March 20^th to March 24^th, 2017

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Buhitos Parents,

We continue with our theme for the month of March called “People and Music around the World”. This coming week we will learn everything about America (USA, USA flag, our music, etc.) and Latin America. We will talk about the Latin American countries the teachers come from. We will talk about music, their people, their traditions, culture and interesting places in all these countries.

We have scheduled learning activities related to this theme to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills. Children will look at images of old magazines and they will tear the paper so we can create a collage, they will listen to Peruvian music and discover musical instruments that are used in Peru and they will also enjoy tear paper and place it inside of recycled plastic bottles.

Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

Miss Claudia & Rosita

🔆 Friendly Reminders

●      Bring extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather and make sure to label all your child’s clothing.

●      Bring diapers, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name.

●      Read your child’s journal every day.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

●      Picture Day on March 23^rd.

🎂 Birthdays

·         None

⭐ Star Words of the Week

●      The drum - El tambor

●      The shakers - Las maracas

Classroom: Buhitos

Blog Title: People and Music around the World

Weekly Featured Theme: Getting to know Africa

Week: March 13^th to March 17^th, 2017

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Buhitos Parents,

We continue with our theme for the month of March called “People and Music around the World”. This coming week we will learn everything about Africa. We will talk about music, their people, their traditions and culture.

We have scheduled learning activities related to this theme to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills. This week the activities are oriented to the exploration and discovery of a new wonderful culture by participating in fun live experiences. Children will look at flashcards to explore and discover about people in Africa, they will also dance to the rhythm of African music while learning about their traditional musical instruments and they will explore and discover new animals through images and we will paint some animals with crayons of different colors.

We will be also rehearsing the song for our International Party which will be taking place on April 20^th. More information will follow in the next weeks.

Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

Miss Claudia & Rosita

🔆 Friendly Reminders

●      Bring extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather and make sure to label all your child’s clothing.

●      Bring diapers, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name.

●      Read your child’s journal every day.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

●      Report Cards are sent home on March 6^th.

●      Parent Teacher Conferences from March 13^th to March 17^th.

●      Picture Day on March 23^rd.

🎂 Birthdays

·         None

⭐ Star Words of the Week

●      The drum - El tambor

●      The shakers - Las maracas

Week of March 6th to March 10th

Classroom: Buhitos

Blog Title: People and Music around the World

Weekly Featured Theme: Getting to know Europe

Week: March 6^th to March 10^th, 2017

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Buhitos Parents,

We continue with our theme for the month of March called “People and Music around the World”. This coming week we will learn everything about Europe. We will talk about music, their people, their traditions and culture.

We have scheduled learning activities related to this theme to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills such as playing soccer in the backyard and trying to score as many goals as we can, creating a collage with images from a magazine and a pizza using recycled boxes, etc. We will be also rehearsing the song for our International Party which will be taking place on April 20^th. More information will follow in the next weeks.

Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

Miss Claudia & Rosita

🔆 Friendly Reminders

●      Bring extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather and make sure to label all your child’s clothing.

●      Bring diapers, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name.

●      Read your child’s journal every day.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

●      Report Cards are sent home on March 6^th.

●      Parent Teacher Conferences from March 13^th to March 17^th.

●      Picture Day on March 23^rd.

🎂 Birthdays

·         None

⭐ Star Words of the Week

●      The tambourine – La pandereta

●      The scarves – Los pañuelos