Welcome to a New School Year!

Classroom: Monitos

Blog Title: School Year 2016-2017

Week: August 15th to August 19th, 2016

Weekly Featured Theme: Welcome to a New School Year!

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

It's that time of year again “Back To Pre-School”! This week we will discuss about the School and Me! We are really excited to start a new school year. We have scheduled exciting learning activities related to this theme that will allow us to continue strengthening motor, cognitive-sensory and language skills. We have been also working hard to prepare creative learning activities to help us reach the developmental goals and objectives.

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 Karla Estala

Miss Patricia Elescano

📄 Materials for Special Projects/Activities

• Bring a small present for your child this week.

🔆 Friendly Reminders

• Bring diapers, wipes and rash ointment for your child. Make sure to label each item with your child’s name.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

• First Day of School 2016-2017 on Tuesday, August 16
• Evaluation Period: August 16 till September the 2nd.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

• The school - La escuela
• The teacher - La maestra
• The friends - Los amigos

🎵 Songs of the Week

Esta canción especial, lindas palabras te enseñará, por siempre tú las repetirás aquí en SFF!. Buenos días, muchas gracias, mucho gusto y 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, Riddles and Tongue Twisters

Poem

Llegó la hora de despertar

Para ir a mi colegio “Spanish For Fun”

Allí tengo amigos y puedo jugar

Aprendo canciones y muchas cosas más.

Riddle - The Crayon

A veces soy grueso

A veces delgado

De muchos colores pinto

Cuando me coges con la mano.

Little Clowns & Magicians

Classroom: Monitos

Week: August 8th to August 12th, 2016

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

The last week of Summer Camp is finally here and we want to thank you for giving us the opportunity  to teach and take care of your little children. We feel special and value our work and we are glad that the children have experienced new learning adventures with hands-on play during the summer. This week we will learn to be Little Clowns and Magicians. We will discuss about the animals and the magicians in the circus and we have scheduled exciting learning activities related to this theme that will allow us to continue strengthening motor, cognitive-sensory and language skills such as creating puppets and clowns for an art project and setting up a food stand on Thursday while preparing some delicious pizzas.

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 swimsuit, splashers or swim diapers, towel, water shoes and a plastic bag for your child on Splash days.
• Bring a wig for Crazy Hair Day on Monday.

🔆 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

• • “Crazy Hair” Day on Monday, August 8th.
  • Puppet on Tuesday, August 9th.
  • Painted Faces Day on Wednesday, August 10th.
  • Last Day of Summer Camp on Thursday August 11.
  • Meet and Greet Day on Thursday August 11 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.
  • School closed on Friday, August 12 and Monday, August 15.
  • First Day of School 2016-2017 on Tuesday, August 16

⭐ Star Words of the Week

• The circus - El circo
• The animals - Los animales
• The clown - El payaso

Little Athletes

Blog Title: Summer Camp

Week: August 1st to August 5th, 2016

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

We are getting down to the last few weeks of Summer Camp! This week we will learn to be Little Athletes. We will continue creating safe learning environments that offer the children the opportunity to explore sports. They will be learning about the Olympics and sports. We have scheduled exciting learning activities that will allow us to continue strengthening motor, cognitive-sensory and language skills. One of them is the Olympics Parade at Sff! Children should wear sports clothes Tuesday. Children will also participate in competitions and on Friday, children will enjoy a bike ride.

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

• Have your child wear a t-shirts of their favorite sports team on Monday.
• Have your child dressed like an Athlete on Tuesday. They can be tennis players, swimmers, soccer players, etc.
• Have your child wear a green t-shirt for the activity on Thursday.
• Bring your child’s bike, bike helmet and kneepads labeled with his/her name on Friday.
• 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.
• Favorite Sport Player T-Shirt Day on Monday.
• The Olympics Parade on Tuesday.
• Olympic Games at Sff! on Thursday
• Bike Ride Day on Friday.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

• The soccer - El fútbol
• The volleyball - El vóley
• The basketball - El básquetbol

Little Creators

Blog Title: Summer Camp

Week: July 25th to July 29th, 2016

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

This week we will learn to be little creators and children will learn to use different type of materials to create new things. We will continue creating safe learning environments that offer the children the opportunity to explore and use their imagination. We have scheduled exciting learning activities that will allow us to continue strengthening motor and cognitive-sensory skills. One of the exciting activities for the week will be water play. Children will play with their plastic animals in the water.

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 recycled material such as boxes, plastic bottles, plastic lids and boxes covers for the several week projects on Monday.
• Bring a plastic animal for Monday’s activity.
• 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 recycle - El reciclaje
• The boxes - Las cajas

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