Animal Kingdom

Classroom: Monitos
Blog Title: Animal Kingdom
Weekly Feature Theme: Pets & Insects
Week: May 15^th to May 19^th, 2017
Dear Parents,
 
We hope you are having a beautiful week. This month our theme is “The Animal Kingdom”. This coming week we will learn everything about pets and insects, in particular about bees, butterflies, spiders and ants.  We will also talk about the animals in extinction and learn how to care for them.
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 the backyard to find some insects.
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

Holidays & Upcoming Events
·         Have your child bring his/her favorite insect for a special show on Friday, May 19^th.
 
·         Memorial Day on May 29^th.  Sff! will be closed in observance of the holiday.

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.
·         Apply sunscreen to your child every morning.
·         Make sure to keep in your child’s cubby a pair of glasses and a summer hat.
·         Sunscreen and mosquito repellant are important to protect your child because he/she is very susceptible to sunburn/mosquito bites. Yet applying sunscreen and mosquito repellent to your child requires planning. If sunscreen and mosquito repellent must be applied to your child, make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when sunscreen and mosquito repellant should be applied and be sure to supply the sunscreen and mosquito repellant, label the bottles with your child's name and place them in a Ziploc bag.
 
Star Words of the Week

·         The bee - La abeja
·         The ant - La hormiga
·         The butterfly - La mariposa