Green Earth

Classroom: Monitos

Blog Title: Green Earth

Weekly Featured Theme: Care of Nature

Week: January 30^th to February 3^rd, 2017

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

This week we will start with a new theme called “Green Earth”. This particular week we will learn about nature and how to care for it. Currently there are environmental problems since our environment is constantly undergoing changes and alterations of various industrial causes. Therefore, it is important for children to get to know all the components and resources of the earth: rivers, volcanos, rocks, etc.  Children will also discover how to cultivate love for nature and how to care for it.

We have scheduled learning activities related to this theme in order to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio and 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.

Best Regards,

📄 Materials for Special Projects

·         Bring a rock for Thursday, February 2^nd activity. We will do artwork with those.

🔆 Friendly Reminders

·         Wash your hands and your child’s hands once you enter the classroom as part of your child’s everyday routine.

·         Make sure that your child has extra set of clothing labeled with your child’s name that is appropriate to weather in his/her cubby.

·         Bring diapers or pullups, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name.

·         Read and review your child’s journal.

·         Do not forget to sign up for the traveling pet activity.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

●      Science Fair from February 20^th to February 24^th, 2017.

🎂 Birthdays

·         None

⭐ Star Words of the Week

·         The water - El agua

·         The sand - La arena

·         The rock - La roca

🎵 Songs of the Week

Buenos días ya salió el sol

Miro hacia el cielo, las nubes de algodón

Buenas noches, la luna salió

Muchas estrellitas luceros de amor.

Estrellas, planetas

Luna y sol

Cuida nuestra tierra y llénala de amor.

📚 Poems

Nací para cuidar

esto que veo:

para cuidar la lluvia,

para cuidar el viento,

para cuidar el ave,

al pez y a lo pequeño.

nací para cuidar.

Todo el Universo.

Soy un científico

Y voy a crear

Hacer muchos experimentos

Jugar y a  explorar

📚 Riddles

Doy calorcito

Soy muy redondo

Salgo prontito

Y tarde me escondo

El sol.

Means of Transportation and Communication in my city

Classroom: Monitos

Blog Title: Means of Transportation and Communication in my city

Weekly Featured Theme: Means of Communication

Week: January 23^rd to January 27^th, 2017

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

This week we will learn about the means of communication including mass media. We will talk about the newspaper, the magazines, the landline, the mobile phone, the movies and the radio. We have scheduled exciting and fun learning activities that will help to strengthen motor, language and cognitive/sensorial skills.

Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.

Best Regards,

Miss Karla Estala and Miss Karla Carreño. 

📄 Materials for Special Projects

·         None

🔆 Friendly Reminders

·         Wash your hands and your child’s hands once you enter the classroom as part of your child’s everyday routine.

·         Make sure that your child has extra set of clothing labeled with your child’s name that is appropriate to weather in his/her cubby.

·         Bring diapers or pullups, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name.

·         Read and review your child’s journal.

·         Do not forget to sign up for the traveling pet activity.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

●      Movie Day on Friday, January 27^th, 2017.  

🎂 Birthdays

·         None

⭐ Star Words of the Week

·         The telephone - El teléfono

·         The television - El televisor

·         The radio - La radio

·         The books - Los libros

Classroom: Monitos

Blog Title: Travel and Communication in my city

Weekly Featured Theme: Sea and Air Transportation

Week: January 16^th to January 20^th, 2017

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

This week we will learn sea and air transportation. We have scheduled fun learning activities related to this theme in order 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.

Best Regards,

Mrs. Karla Estala and Mrs. Karla Carreño.

📄 Materials for Special Projects

·         None

🔆 Friendly Reminders

·         Wash your hands and your child’s hands once you enter the classroom as part of your child’s everyday routine.

·         Make sure that your child has extra set of clothing labeled with your child’s name that is appropriate to weather in his/her cubby.

·         Bring diapers or pullups, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name.

·         Read and review your child’s journal.

·         Do not forget to sign up for the traveling pet activity.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

●      School will be closed on January 16^th, 2017 (Martin Luther King Day).

🎂 Birthdays

·         Happy Birthday to Grace Hands. She will be celebrating her 3rd birthday on January 16th. We wish you the best!

⭐ Star Words of the Week

·         The airplane - El avión

·         The ship - El barco

·         The helipcopter - El helicóptero

Travel and Communication in my city

Classroom: Monitos

Blog Title: Travel and Communication in my city

Weekly Featured Theme: We are artists!

Week: January 9^th to January 13^th, 2017

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

This week we will learn about being artists. Children will exhibit all the art projects that they have been working in the last months. They will show how they have developed their capacity of expression and creativity.

We have scheduled learning activities related to this theme in order to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio, emotional skills. The work represents freely drawings and children were able to express what they wanted by painting freely. 

We would like to invite the parents to the Monitos classroom for our art exhibit that will take place from January 9^th through January 13^th, 2017. Children will be so excited if all parents join us and visit.

Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.

Best Regards,

Miss Karla Estala and Mrs Karla Carreño.

📄 Materials for Special Projects

·         None

🔆 Friendly Reminders

·         Wash your hands and your child’s hands once you enter the classroom as part of your child’s everyday routine.

·         Make sure that your child has extra set of clothing labeled with your child’s name that is appropriate to weather in his/her cubby.

·         Bring diapers or pullups, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name.

·         Read and review your child’s journal.

·         Do not forget to sign up for the traveling pet activity.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

●      School will be closed on January 16^th, 2017 (Martin Luther King Day).

●      Art Fair will take place from January 9^th through January 13^th, 2017.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

·         The painter - El pintor

·         The paint brush - El pincel

·         The clay - La arcilla

Travel and communication in my city.

Classroom: Monitos

Blog Title: Travel and communication in my city.

Weekly Featured Theme: Means of transportation

Week: January 2^nd to January 6^th, 2017

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Monitos Parents,

This week we will learn about means of transportation in our city.

We have scheduled learning activities related to this theme in order 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.

Best Regards,

Miss Karla and Miss Natalia.

📄 Materials for Special Projects

·         None

🔆 Friendly Reminders

·         Wash your hands and your child’s hands once you enter the classroom as part of your child’s everyday routine.

·         Make sure that your child has extra set of clothing labeled with your child’s name that is appropriate to weather in his/her cubby.

·         Bring diapers or pullups, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name.

·         Read and review your child’s journal.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

●      School will be closed on January 2^nd, 2017 and on January 16^th, 2017 (Martin Luther King Day).

●      Art Fair will take place from January 9^th through January 13^th, 2017.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

·         The truck - El camión

·         The train - El tren

·         The bycicle - La bicicleta

🎵 Songs 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

Poem 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

Poem 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.

Poem 3

El mundo de colores

Quiero pintar

Azul el cielo

Roja la flor

Amarillo el sol

Y verde la flor

📚 Riddles

Va por el cielo

Como ventarrón

Lleva pasajeros

Y anda a motor

El avión

Tiene motor, cuatro ruedas

Ventanillas sin cortinas

Un timón negro y también una bocina

El carro