What we are learning?
Dear Parents,
We hope you have enjoyed as much as we did our Thanksgiving Celebration and that you are having a beautiful week. Holiday celebrations can be wonderful opportunities for children to learn about the traditions and values that are cherished parts of people's lives. Therefore, this week we are going to start a new theme called “Let’s celebrate”. Children will explore Christmas traditions and they will learn about how people celebrate the holidays.
Through practical actions, we keep enlightening kids about the significance of holiday traditions and helping children understand holiday activities in the context of people's daily lives. 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. A few of the activities children will enjoy are exploring the colors green and red which are colors that are traditionally associated with Christmas through play, singing the song “La Cancion de Tradiciones” with maracas, creating a Christmas tree with tempera and then decorating it, etc.
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
· Christmas Party on December 8th, 2017.
· Santa Claus Visit from Monday, December 18th, 2017 to December 22nd, 2017.
· Christmas Break from November 25th to November 27th, 2017. Spanish for fun! Pre-school will be closed for those 3 days.
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's 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 on 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 party - La Fiesta
· The lights - Las Luces
