Week: 09/11/2017 to 09/15/2017 My Body and Me Theme: How are we Growing and Changing

What are we learning? 

Dear Parents,

We hope you are having a beautiful week. This week we continue learning about “My Body and me”, particularly about how are we growing and changing. Children will discover the stages of being a baby, child and an adult through flashcards. 

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. Children will play with sand and ice to experiment new sensations with their hands and feet. They will also dance to the rhythm of the music while identifying parts of their face and body. Additionally, children will also learn the concept of up and down and inside and outside. 

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

· Picture Day on Tuesday, September 19th, 2017.

Dress Code

· Make sure to keep one pair of shoes in your child cubby since he/she needs to wear a pair for outside play. 

Year-Round Activities

Student of the Week

Please make sure to sign up your child for this wonderful activity! 

As you know, 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. 

Sign up today! Sign-up sheets are available at the entrance of the classroom.

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 tote 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 and place them in the refrigerator or counter. If you leave the lunch box in the counter, make sure to put ice packs inside the lunch box. 

· 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 grandparents – Los abuelos

· The baby – El bebé