My body

Classroom: Mariquitas

Blog Title: My body

Week: August 29th to September 2nd, 2016

Weekly Featured Theme: My body parts

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Mariquitas Parents,

This week we will learn about the parts of our body. We have scheduled exciting learning activities related to this theme that will allow us also to continue strengthening fine and gross motor, cognitive-sensory and language skills. Children will receive massages as well.  Children will play with sand and sensory balls. We will do puzzles and we will enjoy a puppet show while recreating short stories.

Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

Best Regards,

Miss Jeanette.

🔆 Friendly Reminders

• Take the blanket home and bring one clean on Monday.
• Wear shoe covers and wash your hands and your child hands when entering your child’s classroom.
• Knock before entering the classroom to make sure there is no one behind the door
• Wash your hands and your child’s hands once you enter the classroom.
• Read, review and fill out your child’s journal with information for the teacher.
• Label all your child’s clothing and items.
• Always make sure that your child has extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather in his/her cubby.
• Bring diapers, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name.
• Bring your child’s bottles labeled with your child’s name and date.
• Check your child’s journal and make sure to add last change of diaper and time of your child’s last meal.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

• Labor Day on Monday, September 5th. School will be closed.
• International Reading Day on Thursday, September 8th.
• Grandparents Day on Friday, September 9th.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

• The body - El cuerpo.
• The face - La cara.

My school and me!

Classroom: Mariquitas

Blog Title: My school and me!

Week: August 22th to August 26th, 2016

Weekly Featured Theme: My school & the staff!

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Mariquitas Parents,

This week we will continue introducing the children to the school, the staff and school activities. 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:

• Children will play with sensory bottles.
• Children will be introduced to tempera and they will learn how to make different shape figures in paper.
• Children will experiment to feel different textures.
• Children will be putting coins into a container.

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 Jeanette.

🔆 Friendly Reminders

• Check your child’s cubby and make sure to bring extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather as well as extra diapers, wipes and diaper rash ointment/cream.
• Take the blanket home and bring one clean on Monday.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

• Evaluation Period from August 16th through September 2nd.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

• Los amigos.- The friends.
• La Pelota. - The Balls.

Welcome to a New School Year!

Classroom: Mariquitas

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 Mariquitas Parents,

It's that time of year again “Back To Pre-School”! This week children will meet again with the teachers, the director and assistant director. etc. 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:

• Playing with tempera and making paper figures.
• Playing bowling.
• Exploring different toys located in the classroom.
• Experimenting with coins.

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 Jeanette.

🔆 Friendly Reminders

• Check your child’s cubby and make sure to bring extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather as well as extra diapers, wipes and diaper rash ointment/cream.
• Take the blanket home and bring one clean on Monday.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

• First Day of School 2016-2017 on Tuesday, August 16.
• Evaluation Period from August 16th through September 2nd.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

• The teacher - La maestra.
• The classroom- El Aula.

Little Clowns & Magicians

Classroom: Mariquitas.

Week: August 8th to August 12th, 2016

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Mariquitas 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 also scheduled exciting learning activities related to this theme that will allow us to continue strengthening motor, cognitive-sensory and language skills such as pretending to be little magicians, and creating little clowns with colored paper.

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 Paula

📄 Materials for Special Activities

• Have your child wear a different hairstyle for Monday’s activity.
• Bring any stuffed circus animal on Monday.

🔆 Friendly Reminders

• Check your child’s cubby and make sure to bring extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather as well as extra diapers, wipes and diaper rash ointment/cream.
• Take the blanket home and bring one clean on Monday.
• Sunscreen is important to protect your child because he/she is very susceptible to sunburn. Yet applying sunscreen to your child requires planning. If sunscreen must be applied to your child, make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when sunscreen should be applied and be sure to supply the sunscreen and label the sunscreen bottle with your child's name.

📆 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 clown - El payaso
• The circus - El circo