Little Gardeners

Classroom: Mariquitas
Blog Title: Summer Camp 2017
Weekly Feature Theme: Little Gardeners
Week: July 3^rd to July 7^th, 2017
Dear Parents,
 
What we are learning?

We hope you are having a beautiful week. This week the children will learn everything about being little gardeners.
 
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. The week will start with our Independence Parade on Monday. Children will also enjoy discovering and exploring nature during the visits to our gardens. They will look at the plants and water them.  On Wednesday, they will enjoy sharing moments with their classmates on Camping Day.
 
Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.
 
Miss Jeannette & Miss Natalia
 

Holidays & Upcoming Events
·         Splash Days on Mondays and Thursdays in the morning.
·         Independence Day Parade on Monday, July 3^rd.
·         Independence Day on Tuesday, July 4^th. Spanish for fun! will be closed. 
·         Camping Day on Wednesday, July 5^th.

Friendly Reminders

·         Wash your hands and your child hands when entering your child’s classroom.
·         Always store pacifiers in their packages.
·         Read, review and fill out your child’s journal with information for the teacher.
·         Label all your child’s clothing and items and make sure that your child has TWO 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.
·         Bring diapers, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name when requested and if needed.
·         Make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when bug spray, diaper cream and any other ointment should be applied and be sure to supply and label the items with your child's name and place them in a Ziploc bag.
·         Morning snack time is at 8:45 am every day till 9:10 am.
·         Label all bottles and food that you bring to preschool for your child with your child’s name and the date it was prepared.
·         Inform the teacher if there has been a change in your child’s feeding schedule.
·         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 plastic 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 Ziploc bag.

Little Travelers

Classroom: Mariquitas
Blog Title: Summer Camp 2017
Weekly Feature Theme: Little Travelers
Week: June 26^th to June 30^th, 2017

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you are having a beautiful week. This week the children will learn everything about being little travelers and interesting facts about United States of America.

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 keep enjoying summer with outdoor activities and Splash days while playing with sand and water. They will also enjoy story time, yoga and they will play with play dough and work on an art project using a hand printing technique. It will be a week full of learning and fun activities kids enjoy and cherish!

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

Miss Jeannette & Miss Natalia

Holidays & Upcoming Events

·         St. Jude Trike-A-Thon on Friday, June 30^th. Please remember to bring your child bicycle and helmet and to sign the permission slip so they can ride in the parking lot.
·         Picnic Day on Wednesday, June 28^th. Please help us bringing some snacks and fruits for our children to share and enjoy on the picnics day! 

·         Independence Day on Tuesday, July 4^th. Spanish for fun! will be closed. 

Dress Code  

·         Have your child wear red, white and blue for our Independence Day Parade. 

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to Jacob Nigoche and Mia Potter who are celebrating it on 06/29 and 06/24 respectively. We wish you the best and hope you have a wonderful birthday! 

Friendly Reminders

·         Wash your hands and your child hands when entering your child’s classroom.

·         Always store pacifiers in their packages.
·         Read, review and fill out your child’s journal with information for the teacher.
·         Label all your child’s clothing and items and make sure that your child has TWO 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.
·         Bring diapers, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name when requested and if needed.
·         Make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when bug spray, diaper cream and any other ointment should be applied and be sure to supply and label the items with your child's name and place them in a Ziploc bag.
·         Morning snack time is at 8:45 am every day till 9:10 am.
·         Label all bottles and food that you bring to preschool for your child with your child’s name and the date it was prepared.
·         Inform the teacher if there has been a change in your child’s feeding schedule.
·         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 plastic 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 Ziploc bag.

Little Chefs

Classroom: Mariquitas
Blog Title: Summer Camp 2017
Weekly Feature Theme: Little Chefs
Week: June 19^th to June 23^rd, 2017
Dear Parents,
 
What we are learning?

We hope you are having a beautiful week. Summer has started and so have fun days with our Splash days. This week the children will learn everything about being little chefs.
 
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 while playing with water in our Splash days that will take on Tuesday and Thursday and being in the outdoors. They will also participate in our Sunglasses and Fashion Parade Days. 
 
Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.
 
Miss Jeannette & Miss Natalia

Materials for Weekly Activities 
·         Bring some fruits for Tuesday, June 20^th. We will prepare a delicious fruit salad. 
 

Holidays & Upcoming Events
·         Sunglasses Day on Tuesday, June 20^th
·         Fashion Parade on Thursday, June 22^nd.
·         Independence Day on July 4^th. Spanish for fun! will be closed. 
·         Wear sunglasses on Tuesday, June 20^th.
·         Wear your favorite summer clothing for Thursday, June 22^nd.  

Dress Code

·         Make sure to bring your swimwear outfit and your child's Splash day backpack for Splash days. Have your child wear swimsuit, splashers or swim diapers and water shoes for Splash Day. Make sure to send a towel and a plastic bag for wet items. Label and pack all these items in the tote bag.
·         Wash your hands and your child hands when entering your child’s classroom.

·         Always store pacifiers in their packages.
·         Read, review and fill out your child’s journal with information for the teacher.
·         Label all your child’s clothing and items and make sure that your child has TWO 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.
·         Bring diapers, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name when requested and if needed.
·         Make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when bug spray, diaper cream and any other ointment should be applied and be sure to supply and label the items with your child's name and place them in a Ziploc bag.
·         Morning snack time is at 8:45 am every day till 9:10 am.
·         Label all bottles and food that you bring to preschool for your child with your child’s name and the date it was prepared.
·         Inform the teacher if there has been a change in your child’s feeding schedule.
·         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 plastic 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 Ziploc bag.

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to Mia Potter! We wish you the best and hope you have a wonderful birthday!
Friendly Reminders.

Year Learning Review

Classroom: Mariquitas
Blog Title: Year Learning Review
Week: June 12^th through June 16^th, 2017
Dear Parents,

What we are learning?

We hope you are having a beautiful week. This month our theme is “annual review”. This coming week we will review everything we have learnt through the school year, particularly the areas that require improvements.

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. We will pretend to call mom with a toy phone, we will build different shapes using play dough and look at flashcards of our body parts.
Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.

Miss Jeannette & Miss Natalia

Holidays & Upcoming Events
·         Father's Day Celebration on June 14^{th at} 10:00 am.
·         Last Day of School on June 16^th, 2017. Early Release at 12:30 pm.
·         Summer Camp starts on June 19^th.
Friendly Reminders
·         Wash your hands and your child hands when entering your child’s classroom.
·         Always store pacifiers in their packages.
·         Read, review and fill out your child’s journal with information for the teacher.
·         Label all your child’s clothing and items and make sure that your child has TWO 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.
·         Bring diapers, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name when requested and if needed.
·         Make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when bug spray, diaper cream and any other ointment should be applied and be sure to supply and label the items with your child's name and place them in a Ziploc bag.
·         Morning snack time is at 8:45 am every day till 9:10 am.
·         Label all bottles and food that you bring to preschool for your child with your child’s name and the date it was prepared.
·         Inform the teacher if there has been a change in your child’s feeding schedule.
·         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.
·         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.
Star Words of the Week
·         My head - Mi cabeza
·         My body - Mi cuerpo 

Year Learning Review!

Classroom: Mariquitas

Blog Title: Year Learning Review

Week: June 5th through June 9th, 2017

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

 

We hope you are having a beautiful week. This month our theme is “annual review”. This coming week we will review everything we have learnt through the school year, particularly the areas that require improvements.

 

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 make paper rain, try to fit connectors, stack hoops and enjoy dramatic play.

 

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

 

Miss Jeannette & Miss Natalia

Holidays & Upcoming Events

• Parent Teacher Conference Week from June 5th to June 9th.

• Father's Day Celebration on June 14th.

• Early Release on June 16th.

• Summer Camp starts on June 19th.

Friendly Reminders

• Wash your hands and your child hands when entering your child’s classroom.

• Always store pacifiers in their packages.

• Read, review and fill out your child’s journal with information for the teacher.

• Label all your child’s clothing and items and make sure that your child has TWO 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.

• Bring diapers, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name when requested and if needed.

• Make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when bug spray, diaper cream and any other ointment should be applied and be sure to supply and label the items with your child's name and place them in a Ziploc bag.

• Morning snack time is at 8:45 am every day till 9:10 am.

• Label all bottles and food that you bring to preschool for your child with your child’s name and the date it was prepared.

• Inform the teacher if there has been a change in your child’s feeding schedule.

• 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.

• 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.

Star Words of the Week

• The car – El carro

• The plane – El avión