Classroom: Monitos
Blog Theme: Means of Communication & Transportation in the city
Weekly Theme: Land Transportation
Week: From 1/1/2018 to 1/5/2018
What we are learning?
Dear Parents,
We hope you all have a wonderful start to the new year. We are so excited for, During the month of January, we will learn about a new theme called “Means of Communication and Transportation in the City”. This week, children will explore and discover different means of land transportation such as cars, buses, motorcycles, bicycles, etc. Children will understand the impact of means of transportation and how they play a role in our daily lives. Through practical actions, we keep enlightening kids about how we commute or move from one place to another.
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.
On Tuesday, children will learn about types of land transportation in a large group setting.
On Wednesday, children will explore and identify the characteristics of land transportation in small group settings. They will play with cars and highways of different shapes.
On Thursday, children will discover trains in a small group setting. And they will also work on creating their favorite type of land transportation.
On Friday, children will participate in a car wash experience. They will get to understand that owning a car comes with some responsibilities.
Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.
Materials for Weekly Activities
Bring any sort of land transport toy if you have at home for Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018.
Holidays & Upcoming Events
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. school will be closed on Monday, January 15th, 2018.
Art fair on January 16th, 2018 through January 26th, 2018.
Year-Round Activities
Student of the Week & Travelling Pet
Please make sure to sign up your child for these wonderful activities as these 2 are the children favorites! Both activities allow every child to make and share memories with their classmates.
For the student of the week activity, 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.
As for the Traveling Pet activity, the classroom pet will spend a whole week with the child and family. During that week, parents and the child will have fun together with a new member of the family while providing love and care to the pet. Our pet loves to read at night, go to the park, visit museums, give hugs and kisses! However, the pet does not like taking a bath as he can get sick. Parents and child will enjoy bonding time and make new memories and the child will be very excited to share all the memories with his/her classmates. In their week parents and the child should bring to school a collage of pictures and a brief description of what they did with the pet. A parent should make sure to place the collage inside the traveling pet bag.
Sign up for both activities today! Sign-up sheets are available at the entrance of the classroom.
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 an 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 all bottles and food or lunch box that you bring to preschool for your child with your child’s name and the date it was prepared and place in the kitchen. If any of these items require being refrigerated, please put it in the refrigerator.
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 truck – El camión
The train – El Tren
The bicycle – La bicicleta.
Song of the Week – A Volar
Vamos volando en un avión
Y al ver por la ventana vemos las nubes pasar
Volando en un avión
A una enorme altura nos vamos a pasear
Desde mi ventana las alas puedo ver
Y allá abajo otras cosas también.
Los autos y edificios muy pequeños son
Y me hacen sentir que muy alto estoy.
Es muy divertido un avión pilotear
Y cuando sea mayor eso voy a estudiar
Por ahora me conformo con solo jugar
A salvo de tormentas que me puedan dañar.
Poems
#1
Son muchos los medios de locomoción
Los hay terrestres
Como el camión
Otros son acuáticos
Como el gran vapor
Y de los aéreos
El mayor de todos
Es el avión
#2
Quiero un barco de colores
Un avión para volar
Una moto de carreras
Y un gran autocar
Para ir con mis amigos
Por el cielo y por el mar
Y por la tierra redondita
Muchas vueltas dar.
Riddles
#1
Va por el cielo
Como ventarrón
Lleva pasajeros
Y anda a motor
El avión
#2
Tiene motor, Cuatro ruedas
Ventanillas sin cortinas
Un timón negro y también una bocina
El carro
