The parts of the plant

Classroom: Monitos
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 and the flowers and how to take care of them. They will learn that the plants are human beings that are born and grow with proper care.
 We have scheduled learning activities related to this theme to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills. Children will discover all about the wonderful world of plants by exploring nature.
 Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.
 

Miss Karla & Miss Karla

           Materials for Weekly Activities

 

·         Bring Easter eggs as donation for Easter Egg Hunt Celebration. You can drop them with the administration office. This is needed for April 13^th, 2017.

·         Bring some leaves and petals for a special project on Thursday, April 6^th, 2017. 

 

            Holidays & Upcoming Events

·         Easter Celebration (Easter Egg Hunt) on April 13^th, 2017.

·         Coffee Talk on April 13^th, 2017.

·         School is closed on Good Friday, April 14^th, 2017.

·         International Fiesta on April 19^th, 2017.

·         Week of the Young Child from April 23^rd to 29^th, 2017.

                    Dress Code

·         Girls should wear their dresses they have ordered online and boys should wear khaki shorts and red shirts (bottom down or polo style) for our International Fiesta. A fee of $5 per girl is needed to get the hair headband for the party. 

           Birthdays

Happy Birthday to Liliam Campbell and Sebastian Becerra! We wish you the best and hope you have a wonderful birthday!
 

                 Friendly Reminders
 

·         Wash your hands and your child’s hands when entering the classroom and help your child to find his/her seat.

·         Read your child’s journal, blogs and Friday Newsletter.

·         Label all your child’s clothing and items and make sure that your child has 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.

·         Label the food that you bring to preschool for your child with your child’s name and the date it was prepared.

·         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

·         The root - La raiz

 

             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

People and Music around the World

Classroom: Monitos

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 Monitos 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. We will talk more about the Latin American countries where the teachers come from. We will talk about the languages that are spoken in the countries, music, their flag, their people, their traditions, culture and interesting places as well as their traditional food.

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 learn to distinguish the flags from United States, Mexico and Venezuela.

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

Best Regards,

📄 Materials for Special Projects

• None

🔆 Friendly Reminders

·         Wash your hands and your child’s hands once you enter the classroom as part of your child’s everyday routine.

·         Make sure that your child has extra set of clothing labeled with your child’s name that is appropriate to weather in his/her cubby.

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

·         Read and review your child’s journal.

·         Do not forget to sign up for the traveling pet activity.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

●      International Party on April 19^th, 2017.

🎂 Birthdays

●      None

⭐ Star Words of the Week

●      The folklore – El folklore

●      The latin party – La fiesta latina

●      The traditional costumes – Los trajes típicos

People and Music around the World

Classroom: Monitos

Blog Title: People and Music around the World

Weekly Featured Theme: Getting to know America

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

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos 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, US President, etc.) and Latin America. We will talk about Mexico and Venezuela which are countries that our teachers come from. We will talk about music, their people, their traditions, culture and interesting places the languages that are spoken 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. This week the activities are oriented to the exploration and discovery of a new wonderful culture by participating in fun live experiences.

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

Best Regards,

📄 Materials for Special Projects

• None

🔆 Friendly Reminders

·         Wash your hands and your child’s hands once you enter the classroom as part of your child’s everyday routine.

·         Make sure that your child has extra set of clothing labeled with your child’s name that is appropriate to weather in his/her cubby.

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

·         Read and review your child’s journal.

·         Do not forget to sign up for the traveling pet activity.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

●      International Party on April 19^th, 2017.

🎂 Birthdays

●      None

⭐ Star Words of the Week

●      My flag- Mi bandera

●      My city Raleigh – Mi ciudad Raleigh

●      The eagle – El águila

People and Music around the World.

Classroom: Monitos

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 Monitos 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. The activities are oriented to the exploration and discovery of a new wonderful culture by participating in fun live experience events.

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

Best Regards,

📄 Materials for Special Projects

• Have your child bring his favorite stuffed Zoo animal for Wednesday, March 15^th.

🔆 Friendly Reminders

·         Wash your hands and your child’s hands once you enter the classroom as part of your child’s everyday routine.

·         Make sure that your child has extra set of clothing labeled with your child’s name that is appropriate to weather in his/her cubby.

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

·         Read and review your child’s journal.

·         Do not forget to sign up for the traveling pet activity.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

●      Parent Teacher Conference from March 13^th to March 17^th, 2017.

●      Coffee Talk on Friday. March 17^th, 2017.

●      St. Patrick’s Day on March 17^th, 2017.

●      International Party on April 19^th, 2017.

🎂 Birthdays

●      Happy Birthday to Moises Lazcano. He is celebrating his birthday on March 8^th, 2017. We wish you the best!

⭐ Star Words of the Week

●      The drum - El tambor

●      The shakers - Las maracas

●      The masks - Las máscaras

People and Music around the World

Classroom: Monitos

Blog Title: People and Music around the World

Weekly Featured Theme: Getting to know Europe

Week:  March 6^th to 10^th, 2017

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

Hola Padres: Esta semana estaremos aprendiendo del tema “Gente y musica alrededor del mundo” y nos enfocaremos en el continente Europeo. Con este tema aprenderan todo lo relacionado con la vegetacion, animales, arquitectura y musica de los principales paises de Europa. Esta semana el monito Maury estara visitando la casa de Moises Lazcano. Esperamos y lo disfruten.

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 experience events.

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

Best Regards,

📄 Materials for Special Projects

Les estamos solicitando a los padres que para el dia viernes 10 vistan a sus niños de princesas o príncipes ya que estaremos jugando y haremos un baile medieval.

🔆 Friendly Reminders

·         Wash your hands and your child’s hands once you enter the classroom as part of your child’s everyday routine.

·         Make sure that your child has extra set of clothing labeled with your child’s name that is appropriate to weather in his/her cubby.

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

·         Read and review your child’s journal.

·         Do not forget to sign up for the traveling pet activity.

Holidays & Upcoming Events

●      March 6- report cards go out

●      March 13- 17 Teach/ Parent conference

●      March 17- St Patrick's day

●      March 17- Parents Coffee Talk.

●      April 19^th. International Party.

🎂 Birthdays

●      Moises Lazcano. Marzo 8.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

·         Las torres.

·         El Castillo.

·         Los reyes

📚 Poems

#1

Alrededor del mundo

Hay muchas personas como tú y como yo

Su música y su país es diferente

Y a  todas ellas les doy

mi amor y admiración.

#2

Vamos amiguitos

Vamos a tocar

Muchos instrumentos

Para pa pa pa

Suena el tambor

Suena el violin

Suena la guitarra

Trin trin trin trin

Ahí vienen las maracas

Vamos todos a tocar

En esta linda orquesta

Que es fenomenal.

📚 Riddles

#1

Buenas y sonoras

Cuerdas tengo

Cuando me rascan

A la gente  entretengo

La guitarra

#2

Se toca con dos palillos

 Es un instrumento que suena fuerte

 bom bom bom

El Tambor

📚 Tongue Twisters

El anillo del llavero

No tiene llaves

¿Quién se ha llevado las llaves

Del anillo del llavero?