Little Scientists

Week: July 18th to July 22nd, 2016

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

This week we will learn to be little scientists and we will discuss about science. We will continue creating safe learning environments that offer the children the opportunity to explore and experiment with science. We have scheduled exciting learning activities that will allow us to continue strengthening motor and cognitive-sensory skills such as exploring and observing what happens when we combine water and oil and different colors, experimenting with artificial snow, preparing homemade playdough and playing with magnifiers and magnets.

Thank you once again for all your support and for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

Thank you,

Miss Karina del Valle.

📄 Materials for Special Projects/Activities

• Bring magnifiers for Wednesday project.
• Bring magnets for Thursday project.
• Bring swimsuit, splashers or swim diapers, towel, water shoes and a plastic bag for your child on Splash days.

🔆 Friendly Reminders

• 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.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

• Splash Day on Thursdays and Fridays.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

• The magnets - Los imanes
• The magnifier - La lupa
• The water - El agua

Little Gardeners

Classroom: Monitos

Week: July 11th thru July 15th, 2016

Weekly Featured Theme: Gardening & Nature

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

This week we will learn to be little gardeners and we will discuss about nature, trees and plants. We will continue creating safe learning environments that offer the children the opportunity to explore and experiment with nature. We have scheduled exciting learning activities that will allow us to continue strengthening motor and cognitive-sensory skills such as planting flower seeds, creating an orchard, decorating our pots with flowers of different colors and creating a collage with the dry leaves and painting small stones to create a beautiful art project.

Thank you once again for all your support and for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

Thank you,

Miss Karina

📄 Materials for Special Projects/Activities

• Bring dry leaves of different shapes and sizes for Monday project.
• Bring small rocks for Wednesday project.
• Bring swimsuit, splashers or swim diapers, towel, water shoes and a plastic bag for your child on Splash days.

🔆 Friendly Reminders

• 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.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

• Collage Day on Monday, July 11th.
• Art Project Day on Wednesday, July 13th.
• Splash Day on Thursdays and Fridays.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

• The soil - La tierra
• The pot - La maceta
• The seed - La semilla

Little Readers

Week: July 4th thru July 8th

Weekly Featured Theme: Reading & Story Books

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

This week we will learn to be little readers. Children will read their favorite story books and we will talk about the characters in the book. Reading has a significant number of benefits and it will enable children to get knowledge, stimulate them, help them with vocabulary expansion, develop analytical skills and improve focus. We are scheduling exciting learning activities that will allow us to continue strengthening motor and cognitive-sensory skills such as dramatizing favorite characters of story books on Thursday and participating in a Princess and Knights Dress up Parade. Children will also enjoy outdoor fun in our Splash days on Thursday and Friday.

Thank you once again for all your support and for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

Thank you, Miss Karina.

📄 Materials for Special Projects/Activities

• Bring a favorite story book for Story Book day (see holiday and upcoming events section for dates).
• Have your child wear the outfit of their favorite character of a story book for Princess and Knight Dress up Parade (see holiday and upcoming events section for dates).

🔆 Friendly Reminders

• 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.
• Bring swimsuit, towel, water shoes and a plastic bag for your child on Splash days.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

• School will be closed on Independence Day, Monday, July 4th.
• Story Book Day on Tuesday, July 5.
• Splash Day on Thursday, July 6.
• Princess and Knight Dress up Parade & Splash Day on Friday, July 8.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

• The princess - La princesa
• The Knights - Los caballeros
• The castle - El castillo

Little Travelers

Classroom: Monitos

Week: June 27th thru July 1st

Weekly Featured Theme: Celebrating the country where we live

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

This week we will learn to be little travelers and we will celebrate the country where we live and the Independence Day. The children will learn about interesting facts of USA. We are going to discuss about the american flag, its color and the stars and what they represent. We are scheduling exciting learning activities that will allow us to continue strengthening motor and cognitive-sensory skills such as:

• Create a hat.
• Participate in a picnic.
• Prepare flag cookies.
• Participate in the Flag Parade.

Thank you once again for all your support and for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

Best Regards,

Miss Karina

🔆 Friendly Reminders

• Check your child’s cubby, remove dirty clothing and make sure to bring extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather.

• Bringing toys to classroom is not allowed. Make sure toys are left at home.
• Read your child’s journal daily so you can get informed about your child milestones in the classroom and help us to continue encouraging your child on them at home.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

• Hat Day on Monday, June 27th.
• Picnic Day on Wednesday, June 29th.
• Flag Parade on Friday, July 1st.
• School will be closed on Independence Day, Monday, July 4th.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

• The President- El Presidente
• The flag - La bandera
• The anthem - El himno

Little Chefs

Classroom: Monitos

Week: June 20th thru June 24th, 2016

Weekly Featured Theme: Summer, The Beach & Healthy Eating

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

Our summer camp is finally here! We are so excited that we are able to keep encouraging children learn new things and develop their creativity while having a fun and exciting time. We are scheduling exciting learning activities that will allow us to continue strengthening motor and cognitive-sensory skills such as welcoming new friends in the classroom, enjoying outdoor activities, playing to pretend to be chefs and discuss about healthy food, making a delicious fruit salad, sandwiches and pizza and preparing a refreshing lemonade and of course participating in a Summer Fashion Parade.

Thank you once again for all your support and for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

Best Regards,

Miss Karina

📄 Materials for Special Projects

• Bring sunglasses for your child on Tuesday, June 21st. Please make sure to label the sunglasses with your child’s name.
• Have your child wear a summer clothing for our Summer Fashion Parade on Thursday, June 243rd.

🔆 Friendly Reminders

• Check your child’s cubby, remove dirty clothing and make sure to bring extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather.

• Bringing toys to classroom is not allowed. Make sure toys are left at home.
• Read your child’s journal daily so you can get informed about your child milestones in the classroom and help us to continue encouraging your child on them at home.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

• Summer Camp First Day on Monday, June 20th.
• Sunglasses day on Tuesday, June 21st.

• Summer Fashion Parade  on Thursday, June 23rd.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

• The summer - El verano
• The beach - La playa
• The sun - El sol

General Review.

Classroom: Monitos

Week: June 13th thru June 17th, 2016

Weekly Featured Theme: Geometric Shapes & Father’s Day

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

We would like to thank you once again for all your support and for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

This week the children will be reviewing a few topics we learnt during the school year 2015-2016. We will talk again about geometric shapes. We have planned a few exciting learning activities and kids will have a fun and exciting week since we are going to get ready for Father’s Day Celebration that will take place on Wednesday, June 15th. Children and fathers should wear a white t-shirt that day.

Best Regards,

Miss Karina

🔆 Friendly Reminders

• Check your child’s cubby, remove dirty clothing and make sure to bring extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather.

• Bringing toys to classroom is not allowed. Make sure toys are left at home.
• Read your child’s journal daily.

📄 Materials for Special Projects

• Bring a picture of your child with his/her dad on Monday June 13th.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

• Father’s Day Celebration on Wednesday, June 15th at 4:30 p.m.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

• The shapes - Las figuras geometricas
• The circle - El circulo
• The square - El cuadrado
• The triangle - El triangulo
• The rectangle - El rectangulo

Things we learnt during the year

Classroom: Monitos

Week: June 6th thru June 10th, 2016

Weekly Featured Theme: The Colors & Geometric Shapes

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

We would like to thank you once again for all your support and for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

This week the children will be reviewing again about the colors and geometric shapes, something we learnt before. We have planned a few exciting learning activities and kids will have a colorful fun week.

Best Regards,

Miss Karina

🔆 Friendly Reminders

• Check your child’s cubby, remove dirty clothing and make sure to bring extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather.

• Bringing toys to classroom is not allowed. Make sure toys are left at home.
• Read your child’s journal daily.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

• Memorial Day on Monday, May 30th. School will be closed.
• Teacher-Parent Conference week is taking place this week.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

• Red - Rojo
• Blue - Azul
• Green - Verde
• Yellow - Amarillo