How I grow and change

Classroom: Monitos
Blog Title: How I grow and change
Weekly Feature Theme: Sport & Healthy Eating
Week: From 09/18/2017 to 09/22/2017

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,
 
We hope you are having a beautiful week. This week we continue learning about how are we growing and changing. We will talk particularly about sports. Children will understand the importance of practicing sports and exercising. Sports and physical activity are a vital part for everyone’s well-being. Children will learn different sports to help them grow strong.
 
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.
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
 
·         Be reminded to bring a family picture and individual child’s picture if you have not done it yet. 

Holidays & Upcoming Events 
·         Picture Day on Monday, September 18th, 2017.

Dress Code
·         Have your child wear sportswear during this week.

Year-Round Activities 
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 making 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. Parent should make sure to place the collage inside the travelling pet bag.

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 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 to be refrigerated, please put it inside 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 balls – Las pelotas
·         I run – Yo corro
·         I play – Yo juego

  

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.

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

My Body and Me

Classroom: Monitos
Blog Title: My Body and Me
Weekly Feature Theme: How are we growing and changing
Week: From 09/11/2017 to 09/15/2017
Dear Parents,

What we are learning?
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.  We will be discovering and identifying the different changes in each stage by looking at pictures. We will discuss about how we grow old and how we look different.

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.
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 pictures when your child was a baby if you have some at home on Monday, September 11^th, 2017.
·         Be reminded to bring a family picture if you have not done it yet.  

Holidays & Upcoming Events
·         Picture Day on Monday, September 18th, 2017.

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 making 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. Parent should make sure to place the collage inside the travelling pet bag.

Sign up to 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 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 to be refrigerated, please put it inside 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 grandparents – Los abuelos
·         The baby – El bebé
·         The children – Los niños

 

My Body and Me/ Mi cuerpo y yo

Classroom: Monitos

Blog Title: My Body and Me

Weekly Feature Theme: External parts of the human body

Week: From 09/04/2017 to 09/08/2017

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you are having a beautiful week. This week we will learn the parts of the human body. Children will explore and identify the external parts of the human body.

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 create a face using magazine cutouts.  
• Children will experience warm and cold water.  
• Children will enjoy singing fun songs related to our weekly theme.
• Children will participate in activities to strengthen their motor skills.

Please be reminded to bring a family picture and individual student picture if you have not done it yet.

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

• Labor Day on Monday, September 4th, 2017. School will be closed.

• Vaccination Day on Thursday, September 7th, 2017.

• International Literacy Day on Friday, September 8th, 2017.

• Grandparents Day Celebration on Friday, September 8th, 2017.

• Picture Day on Monday, September 18th, 2017.

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 making 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. Parent should make sure to place the collage inside the travelling pet bag.

Sign up to 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 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 to be refrigerated, please put it inside 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 hands – Las manos

• The fingers – Los dedos

• The legs – Las piernas

Parts of my body/ Partes de mi cuerpo

Classroom: Monitos

Blog Title: My Body and Me

Weekly Feature Theme: Parts of my body

Week: August 28th, 2017 to September 1st, 2017

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you are having a beautiful week. New month calls always for a new theme “My Body and Me”. This week we will discuss and discover interesting facts about our bodies. Children will learn the different parts of the body. They will be able to name and locate them. At home, please review with your child their body parts.

We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills so children can continue learning through fun experiences.

We will appreciate if you bring a family picture and an individual student picture of your child if you have not done yet.

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

• Labor Day on Monday, September 4th, 2017. School will be closed.

• Grandparents Day Celebration on Friday, September 8th, 2017.

• Picture Day on Monday, September 18th, 2017 at all Sff! locations.

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 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 to be refrigerated, please put it inside 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 face – La cara

• The eyes – Los ojos

• The nose – La nariz

My Classroom and Friends

Classroom: MonitosBlog Title: My school and MeWeekly Feature Theme: My Classroom and FriendsWeek: Week: August 21^th, 2017 to August 25^th, 2017 What we are learning?Dear Parents, We hope you are having a beautiful week. This week we will continue with our theme is “My School and I”. Children will continue exploring the different areas of school and the staff the work in the school. Day by day children will adapt and adjust to their new routine. Children will also review our classroom rules. We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills so children can continue learning through fun experiences that will allow them to learn more about their classmates. Children will learn what their classmate like such as their favorite color and their favorite toys. We will appreciate that you bring a family picture and an individual student picture of your child with all about me questionnaire if you have not done yet.
 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 ·         Labor Day on Monday, September 4th, 2017. School will be closed.
·         Grandparents Day Celebration on Friday, September 8th, 2017.
·         Picture Day on Monday, September 18th, 2017 at all Sff! locations.
 

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 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 to be refrigerated, please put it inside 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 kitchen - La cocina
·         The park - El parque
·         The cook - La cocinera
 

Song of the Week 

CANCION DE LOS VALORES, BUENOS MODALES 
Esta canción especial
Lindas palabras te enseñara
Por siempre tú las repetirás
Aquí en Sff!
Buenos días, muchas gracias
Mucho gusto, por favor
Estas son palabras mágicas
Que por siempre te harán mejor
Buenos días, muchas gracias
Se amable y de buen corazón
Saludando a tu vecino y ayudando con mucho amor
 

       Poems

Llego la hora de despertar
Para ir  a mi colegio
“Sff!”

Riddles 

Allí tengo amigos
Y puedo jugar
Aprendo canciones
Y mil cosas más.
 
 
A veces soy grueso
A veces delgado
De muchos colores pinto
Cuando me coges con la mano.
Las crayolas

My Classroom and Friends

Classroom: Monitos
Blog Title: My school and Me
Weekly Feature Theme: My Classroom and Friends
Week: August 14^th, 2017 to August 18^th, 2017
 What we are learning?Dear Parents,
 We hope you are having a beautiful week. We are excited to welcome all students to our new school year 2017-2018. This month our theme is “My School and I”. This coming week children will experience and explore the school, our school routine and classroom. It will be a week of adaptation and adjustment. Children will also learn about our classroom rules and their responsibilities.
 We have scheduled learning activities related to this theme to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills so children can continue learning through fun experiences they participate with their classmates.
 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 ·         Teacher Word Day on Monday, August 14^th, 2017. School will be closed.
·         School Year 2017 - 2018 starts on Tuesday, August 15^th, 2017.

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 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 to be refrigerated, please put it inside 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 

·         My school - Mi escuela
·         My friends - Mi amigos
·         My teacher - Mi maestra
 
 

        Song of the Week

CANCION DE LOS VALORES, BUENOS MODALES 
Esta canción especial
Lindas palabras te enseñara
Por siempre tú las repetirás
Aquí en Sff!
Buenos días, muchas gracias
Mucho gusto, por favor
Estas son palabras mágicas
Que por siempre te harán mejor
Buenos días, muchas gracias
Se amable y de buen corazón
Saludando a tu vecino y ayudando con mucho amor
 

Poems 

Llego la hora de despertar
Para ir  a mi colegio
“Sff!”
 
Allí tengo amigos
Y puedo jugar
Aprendo canciones
Y mil cosas más.
 

Riddles 

A veces soy grueso
A veces delgado
De muchos colores pinto
Cuando me coges con la mano.
Las crayolas

Little Magicians and Clowns

Classroom: Monitos
Blog Title: Summer Camp
Weekly Feature Theme: Little Magicians and Clowns
Week: August 7^th, 2017 to August 11^th, 2017
 What we are learning?Dear Parents,
 We hope you are having a beautiful week. This is our last week of summer camp and we want to make sure children have fun while learning.  This week children will enjoy being little magicians and clowns.
 We have scheduled learning activities related to this theme to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills so children can continue learning through experiences. Children will participate in crazy hair day activity and we will have a wonderful party where children will share memories with classmates while having an amazing time.  Below we are listing extra activities that we will be participating during our last week such as:
 ·         Pretending to be magicians.
·         Painting our faces like clowns.
·         Participating in a puppet show of elephants. 
 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  ·         Splash Days on Mondays in the morning and Thursdays in the afternoon.
·         Crazy Hair Day on Monday, August 7^th, 2017.
·         Painted Face Day on Wednesday, August 9^th, 2017.
·         Last Day of Summer Camp Party on Thursday, August 10^th, 2017.
·         Wake Forest Meet and Greet on Friday, August 11^th, 2017 at 6:00 pm.
·         Teacher Work day on Friday August 11^th, 2017. School will be closed.
·         Teacher Work day on Monday August 14^th, 2017. School will be closed.
·          First day of School on Tuesday August 15^th, 2017.

  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 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 to be refrigerated, please put it inside the refrigerator.
·         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.
·         Have your child wear swimsuit, splashers or swim diapers and water shoes for Splash Day. Make sure to send a towel and a tote bag for wet items. Label and pack all these items in the tote bag.
·         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 tote bag.