September 29th. – October 3rd.

Class and Teacher (Salon y Profesoras):  Ositos Classroom/ Miss Amparo- Miss Iris

Week of (Semana de): September 29th – October 3rd

Theme of the Month/Week (Tema del Mes/ Semana): My senses (Mis sentidos)

Salutation and highlights of  the week (Saludo y resumen de las actividades importantes de la semana):

Hello Ositos Parents: Our children have just finished learning about the changes in their bodies when they are growing up, and how to follow healthy habits to take care of it. We appreciate the family involvement to help our Ositos understand the theme.

This week we will be talking about the senses and the organs related to each one. We will also show the children how our senses help us to learn about the world.

On Monday, the Ositos will attend to a special class (science activity related to the theme) with Miss Gladys De Stefano.

Our objectives by areas are:

Language: Identify and name silhouettes, exercise visual memory.

Cognitive: compare sizes and positions, quantities; recognize senses and identify the organs related to them.

Socio-emotional: personal identity and autonomy.

Psychomotor: roll over an horizontal lines (gross motor) and trace horizontal lines on notebook (fine motor).

Song of the Month/Week (Cancion del mes/semana):

“Cancion de los Sentidos”

Con mis cinco sentidos yo aprenderé

A ver todo a mi alrededor,

Con mis cinco sentidos puedo ver

El cielo con su color,

Escucharte a ti eso me hace feliz

Y sentir el sol sobre mi,

Saborear la miel y poder oler

Las flores que hay en el jardín.

Con mis cinco sentidos….

Poderte abrazar y también escuchar

Mi maestra en Sff

Oler, saborear, escuchar y sentir

El amor que sientes por mi!!!

Con mis cinco sentidos…

Poem by Theme (Poema por tema):

Miramos con los ojos

Por la nariz puedo oler

Tocamos con las manos

Sentimos por la piel

Oimos por las orejas

Cuando escuchamos bien

Y con la lengua yo disfruto

Galletitas con miel.

Riddles/Charades (Adivinanzas):

Nos sirven para oler, oir, ver

Tocar y degustar

Los tienes en tu cuerpo

Los vas a adivinar?

Respuesta: “Los Sentidos”

Twister (Trabalenguas):

Tito  Te tomaste todo el te?

Todo el te tempranito lo tome.

Star Words of the Week (Palabras estrellas de la semana):

The senses (Los sentidos)

To taste (Saborear)

To see (Ver)

To hear (Oir)

To smell (Oler)

To touch (Tocar)

Special Events, Welcome and Birthdays (Eventos especiales, Bienvenidas y Estudiante de la Semana):

The Student of the Week is Lauren Mount. You can bring your favorite toy, book, or picture during this week to share with your friends.

We would like to invite you to our special celebration of Columbus Day on Monday 13th at 4.00 pm in the Lobby area. Our Ositos will be very happy to see you on this date.

  

Friendly Reminders:

·        This week we will send the template for our second Family Project. It is related to the fall season.

·        The homework for this week is tracing horizontal lines. Please take home your child’s notebook to help him/her complete the task, and bring it back by Friday. Your help and support is very important for your child’s academic success

·        During the week of The Student of the Week, you are free to bring in a special story, activity and/or treat to share with the class the day that you chose.

·        Remember to bring your child wearing the uniform. Your children do not necessarily have to wear the Sff shirt, but we do ask that they wear a red shirt and blue bottoms every day.

·        This year Sff! Will be using Teddy Bear Portraits for our pictures. We will distribute the forms starting next week, make sure to return them.

·        The weather is changing. Please bring appropriate extra clothes for your children (long sleeve shirts and long pants), and also a cozy blanket.

Important Upcoming Dates:

October 13: Columbus Day Celebration, at 4.00 p.m., in the Lobby area

October 15: Sff! Uniform Picture Day

October 16: Fall Picture Day

October 17: First Field Trip

October 31: Costume Parade

Thank you notes:

Thanks to Miss Gladys De Stefano, who is making her practice in our classroom to get her Associate Degree in ECE, and is helping us a lot! This Monday she will have a special science activity with our Ositos. They love her.

Have a great weekend!

Miss Amparo - Miss Iris

September 22th – 26th

Class and teachers:  Ms Iris & Ms Amparo

Week of:  September 22th – 26th

Theme of the week: Como crecemos y cambiamos/ How we grow and change.

Hola Ositos parents,

Next week we will finish the theme talking about the importance of eating nutritious foods to grow up healthy and happy. Also we will be working with the following objectives:

Language: Vowels and participate and enjoy of riddles, twisters and poems.

Cognitive: Recognition of primary and secondary colors, associate numbers with quantities from 0 to 5 and comparison of heights.

Socio-emotional: Drawing her/his body.

Psychomotor: Walking straight and tracing drawing vertical lines.

Song of the month.

Como crecemos

Hagamos una rueda y vamos a jugar

Si comes saludable tus huesos crecerán

Con esta canción tu aprenderás

Como tu estas creciendo en Spanish for fun!

Primero un bebecito pequeño tu serás

Después un niño sano y fuerte crecerás

Cuando tu seas joven al college tu iras

Y cuando sea adulto tu familia tendrás

Después serás anciano y abuelito te dirán.

Poem.

Cuando nace un niño

la vida es mas bella

Aunque sea de noche

Brillan las estrellas.

Riddles.

Duerme bien en su cunita

A veces sonríe un montón

Es feliz con su mamita

Tomando su biberón

Respuesta: El bebe.

Twister.

Toto toma te. Tita toma mate

Y yo me tomo toda la taza de chocolate.

Star words of the week:

·         Los vegetales- the vegetables

·         Las frutas- the fruits

·         Las carnes- the meats

·         Los lacteos- the dairy

·         Alto-high

·         Bajo-low

Special events:

*Congratulations to Josephine for her birthday, she will turn five on September 25, FELIZ CUMPLEANOS!!!

* Child of the week will be Oscar Militello!! You can bring your favorite toy, book or picture.

Upcoming event:

        October 15- Picture day, SFF uniform

        October 16- Fall picture day

        October 17- Field trip

        October 31- Costume parade

Note important:

We will be celebrating Columbus Day and very soon we will give more details about this special activity.

Friendly Reminders:

        Please bring your family picture.

        Thursday: We will take our babies to a doctor’s appointment! Please  send a baby doll or animal stuff with your child. We will have a vaccination campaign day, so children can learn in a fun way the importance about the vaccines, doctor checkups and healthy habits.

        Next week we will start working with children’s notebook and we want to let you know that your child will take home her/his notebook Every Wednesday to make homework.  Please it is very important to bring back the notebook of your child no later than every Friday. The notebook is divided by area, Language, Writing, Math, Science and Social.

Homework of the week: Tracing vertical lines

Thank you notes:

Thank you for bringing picture and clothing when your child was a baby. Thanks also parents for bringing your own  pictures when you were younger.

We had so much fun!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Ms Iris & Ms Amparo

September 15th – September 19th

Class and Teachers:  Ositos Classroom/ Miss Amparo- Miss Iris

Week of : September 15^th – September 19^th  

Theme of the Month/Week:  How we grow and change /Como crecemos y cambiamos.

Hello dear Parents, this week we will focus in the social-emotional, and language areas related to the theme “How we grow and change”. For this reason we would like to ask you to bring by Monday, some of your child cloths she/he used to wear when she/he was a baby, and special toys they used to play with when she/he was one, two or three years old, (some examples: a pacifier, a little blanket or bottle, a teddy bear, small shoes or shirts) that material will help us to  explain the changes that he/she has been experiencing by growing up.  It will be also very helpful if you can bring some pictures of you (Daddy, Mommy) when you were babies, teens, and your child’s picture when he/she was a baby.

Another important point that we would like to share with you is that learning to listen attentively is important for both,  social interaction and academic success. Looking for opportunities to play simple listening games with your children  will help them to finely attune their listening skills and develop auditory discrimination skills. Here you can find some simple games (riddles, twister) to play with your child. 

Song of the Month/Week:

“Como Crecemos”

Hagamos una rueda y vamos a jugar

Si comes saludable tus huesos crecerán

Con esta canción tu aprenderás

Como tu estas creciendo…aquí en Sff!

Primero un bebecito pequeño tu serás

Después un niño sano y fuerte crecerás

Cuando tu seas joven al college tu iras

Y cuando seas adulto tu familia tendrás

Después serás anciano y abuelito te dirán.

Poem by Theme:

Cuando nace un niño

La vida es más bella

Aunque sea de noche

Brillan las estrellas.

Riddles/Charades:

Duerme bien en su cunita

A veces sonríe un montón

Es feliz con su mamita

Tomando su biberón

Respuesta: “El Bebe”

Twister (Trabalenguas):

Toto toma te, Tita toma mate

Y yo me tomo toda mi taza de chocolate.

Star Words of the Week :

To grow (Crecer)

Baby (el bebe)

Child (el niño)

Teenager (el joven)

Adult (el adulto)

Senior (el anciano)

Special Events, Welcome and Birthdays:

HAPPY B-DAY to LILY KIRKMAN, she will turn five on September 18^th, and she also is our Student of the Week. Lily, you can bring your favorite toy, book, or picture during this week and talk with your friends about them. Feliz Cumpleaños Lily!!

Friendly Reminders:

The first Family Project was a huge success. We can see the creativity of our children and their families, but we are still missing some so please don’t forget to bring it back this week.

We believe that family (parents, grandparents, siblings or other relatives) involvement in the classroom has a great impact in children’s development and academic success. We invite you to take part in your child’s activities as a volunteer for Story time or make a special project (science, cooking, art, etc.). You will be very welcome and your child will be very happy!!! 

Important Upcoming Dates:

October 15 & 16: Picture Day

October 17: First Field Trip

October 31: Costume Parade

Thank you notes:

Thank you to Zaza Ebert, Marisa’s Grandma, who came last Friday to read some books in Spanish, our Ositos were so interested and made questions about the stories. They had a blast!

Thank you too to Honey Patel, one of our Room Parents, who will come this week to spend some special time working a science project with our Ositos.

Miss Amparo - Miss Iris