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

September 8th. to 12th.

Class and teachers: OSITOS /  Ms Iris and Ms. Amparo

Week of: September 8^th  to 12^th .

Theme of the week: My body

Hola Ositos parents:

Next week we will finish our theme Mi cuerpo/My body  talking about organs. Children will learn the function of each organ through games. Songs, poem, riddles and other  fun activities.

Our objectives by area are:

Language: Song, poem, riddles, identify riddles, identify vowels and trace their own name.

Cognitive: Identify numbers from 0 to 5 and identify many and few

Psychomotor: Cut feely and crawl

Socio/emotional: Identify body organs

Song of the month: Body parts

Poem: Part of my body

Riddles: legs

Star words of the week:

El Corazon- the heart

Los pulmones- lung

El estomago- stomach

Los intestinos- intestines

El cerebro- brain

El esqueleto-skeleton

Song of the week:

“LAS PARTES DEL CUERPO”

Las partes de mi cuerpo hoy yo voy a cantar,

Bailando con mis amigos,

cada parte moverás

Empiezo con mis bracitos

con los que puedo abrazar

con mucho amor a Papito

y luego a mi Mamá

moviendo la cabeza yo digo si o no

moviendo mi colita bailando yo estoy

ya todos preparados pues vamos aprender

las partes del cuerpo que tu vas a mover.

Piernas y cabeza

Pies, brazos, cuello  y cadera

Hombros, manos y rodillas

Pies brazos y piernas (X2).

POEM OF THE WEEK:

Tengo dos ojos

una nariz

y también una boquita

Para comer y  sonreír.

Con los ojos Veo todo

Con la nariz hago achiiis

Y con la boca yo como

Palomitas de maíz.

ADIVINANZA /Riddles  :

*Con ellas podemos correr

Podemos saltar

Podemos caminar

¿Sabes quienes serán?

Las piernas.

*En la cara tengo dos

Cuando los abro todo veo y

Cuando los cierro solo duermo.

Los ojos

TRABALENGUA Riddles / Twister of the week:

Traba tu lengua con trabalenguas

Con trabalenguas traba tu lengua.

Child of the week: Richard De Jesus Koshel. He can bring his different favorite things every day.

Friendly reminders:

*We have some spots left for volunteer parents, please take a look to the sheet outside the classroom.

* Please bring your family picture, thanks to parents who have already  brought their family picture, GRACIAS,

Thank you note:

*Thanks to all the grandparents who attended to our classroom and spend  with a very special time celebrating “ Grandparents Day” . GRACIAS!!!

Have a wonderful weekend. 

Ms. Iris & Ms. Amparo

Ositos September 02-05 2014

Hello dear Parents,

 we would like to communicate that this past week your children did a great job learning new concepts, and following the new routine and classroom rules. The upcoming week we will be learning about a very important topic, “My body” . We had prepared many different special activities for them.   

This week our objectives by areas are:

Language: sing the Sff! songs, identify vowels, recognize the initial sound of words, trace their own name.

Cognitive: number, meaning and recognition, classifying, sorting and setting, comparing.

Psychomotor: develop fine motor activities and pre-writing skills, spatial awareness.

Social/emotional: personal identity and autonomy.

Words of the Week

Los brazos/arms

Las manos/hands

Los dedos/fingers

Los pies/feet

Las vocales/vowels

Los colores secundarios/secondary colors

Adelante/forward

Atrás/backward

Mucho/a lot

Poco/few

Dentro/inside

Fuera/outside

Encima/on

Debajo/under

Special Events and Birthdays:

The Student of the Week is ISHAAN PATEL,  we can’t wait to know more about his favorite things.

This week we will celebrate Grandparents Day on Friday 5^th at 8:15 am. We are pleased to invite all Ositos Grandparents to come to our classroom and read to our children or make a special craft with them, they will be very happy and proud to have you here this special day.  

Happy Birthday to LAUREN MOUNT, we love you very much, have a wonderful time with your parents, family and friends!!!  

Family Project: This upcoming week we will be sending to you our template for the first family project.  

Friendly Reminders:

Dear parents:

•          Remember that your child only needs a blanket for naptime. Toys, special stuff animals or pillows are not allowed. Thank you for your cooperation.

•          Check your child’s journal to know what he/she is learning every day.

•          Check the Blog on weekends, to know in advance the activities your child will be doing during the week.

•          We are still missing some children’s profile. Please fill up and bring them back to the teachers. It is very important for us to have this information.

•          Also, we need family pictures for our corner “The Family”, your children feel happy and secure when they see you in a picture.

•          We have some spots left for volunteer parents. Please take a look to the sheet outside the classroom

Important Upcoming Dates:

September 1: Labor Day (School is closed)

September 5: Grandparents Day Celebration at 8:15 am.

September 8: National Literacy Day

September 11: 13th Anniversary 9/11

Thank you notes:

Thank you for make your children wear the Sff uniform every day (red shirt, blue pants). We are so proud to announce that we are officially the winners of the uniform contest of the week. The classroom that have most children wearing the uniform every day, as a winner we had “Ice cream Day” today J.

We appreciate your cooperation and constant support.

MUCHAS GRACIAS!!!

Miss Amparo - Miss Iris

Important Information  / introducing our New Volunteer

Dear Ositos Parents, we would like to introduce Gladys D' Estefano. She will be joining us for the next months to complete her practicum hours required for her degree completion. Expect to see her on Mondays.

Following please find her introduction:

Dear parents of Spanish for fun!

            I am Gladys D’Estefano, a student enrolled in the Early Childhood Education Associate Degree program at Wake Technical Community College. To meet the requirements of its curriculum and to be a graduated in December 2014, I need to complete 144 hours of practicum in an accredited Pre-Kindergarten, and Spanish for Fun is the perfect place to do it.

       

  I am a Psychologist graduated at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a Child Development Specialist who have a NC Infant/Toddler/Family Specialist Certification. Although it is my first time working as teacher in a preschool, I have 20 years of expertise as Clinical Psychologist working with young children.

           

I believe that during the practicum, I can provide valuable support to the team at Spanish for Fun by helping kids learn in a fun, creative and safe environment. Furthermore, as a parent facilitator at the program “Crianza con Cariño” from SafeChild and Smart Star, I also can support and help to you and your family with the growth and wellbeing of your child.

            Thank you for allow me to share this time with you and your child.

            Gladys

Blog Ositos Week August 25th -29th

Theme of the Week: Mi escuela y yo / My school and me

Hola Ositos parents, next week we will finish the theme of this month reviewing rules, routine, and the names of the areas and centers but also the names of all the classmates  and staff of our school including teachers administrative and our famous cooker Don Jacinto.

Objectives:
1. Language area:
*Follow simple instructions
*Identify the initial vowel of different words
*Visual memory-remember previously viewed items
*Differentiate long words from short words by counting their syllables
2. Cognitive area:
*Recognize colors red, blue and yellow
*Classify objects by size (large, medium and small objects)
3. Socio-emotional area:
*To interact positively with peers
4. Psychomotor area:
*Walking and running in different directions, forwards, backwards and side by side.
*Making dotted horizontal lines

Words/sentences/expressions of the Week:
Mi escuela- My school
Las reglas del salon- Classroom’s rules
La rutina del salon-  Classroom’s routine
Los tamaños- sizes:
* Grande- large
*Mediano- medium
*Pequeno- small
Las vocales- The vowels
Los colores- The colors
*El rojo- red
*El azul- blue
*El amarillo- yellow
Las palabras- words
Las silabas- syllables

Friendly Reminders:
*Your child’s  new journal is in her/his cobby.
*Guide your child to wash her/his hands when she/he arrive to school/classroom.
*Bring your child wearing Spanish for fun uniform. (red top, blue pants or shorts)  
Thank you/ Gracias!

Important Dates and Upcoming Events:

Sept 1st - Labor Day Sff! closed

*September 2nd to 5^th : We will start our family special activity “The Child of the week”. Sign-up-sheet is posted near the entrance to the ositos classroom.
*September 5- Grandparent's Day!! Please bring photos of your child's grandparents for next week  and please let us know if your child's grandparents can visit our classroon for that day.

Thank you notes:
We appreciate the hard work that our ositos are doing and thank parents for your great support!

Mil Gracias!!

Ms. Iris y Ms. Amparo.

August 18th – August 22nd

Dear Ositos Parents,

We are having a great time at Ositos Classroom, and we would like to invite you to check on facebook all our new posts and pictures every Wednesday.

Theme of the Week: “My School and Me/Mi Escuela y Yo”

Our Ositos have been doing a great job the first week of school, adapting to the classroom rules and routine, they have learned the different areas and centers of the classroom and how to work in each one with the different materials and toys. They also are having fun singing the new Sff songs every day.

This week we will reinforce the classroom rules, and we  will focus on learning the areas outside the classroom.  The Ositos will learn where the other classrooms are located, and will meet, recognize or identify  teachers and friends.

Words of the week :

We will continue learning words and expressions practicing the sff! new songs.

Special Events/Birthdays :

1.      Happy Birthday  to Oscar Militello, he turned four last week. Congratulations Oscar!!! You are a big boy!!!

2.      Congratulations to the Hughston family, their new member is on his way.

Friendly Remainders:

•          We are still missing some of your Child’s Profiles, please take a moment to fill out the form and bring it back to the teachers, this information is very important for us to get to know our Ositos.

•          Remember to bring 2 family pictures for our “Family” corner.

•          Remember to bring your child’s blanket (not pillows or stuffed animals are allowed) for naptime.

•          Remember to pick up your week for the special activities, “The Student of the Week” and “The Traveling Pet”…

•          Be an active member in your child’s activities at school, filling out the Volunteer List that is posted outside the classroom.

•          Remember to bring your child wearing the Sff! uniform everyday.

Important dates:

•         September 2nd.  Labor Day . The school will be closed.

Have a great weekend!

Miss Amparo and Miss Iris

Week of August 11Th – 15th 2014

Hola Ositos parents:

We have finalized our summer camp with great satisfaction because the kids have enjoyed so bad all the different activities.  We are sure they had an unforgettable Summer at Sff!.

Thank you very much to all the parents for their support!! MUCHAS GRACIAS!!

Our best wishes to our graduated students who soon will begin  Kindergarten. Good Luck guys, we will miss you!!

Next week we will begin our new school year, welcome everyone to our Ositos classroom. Ms Amparo and Miss Iris have had  prepared many different cool activities  to help your child improving in all the area of development while having a lot of fun!

Topic:

We will start talking about the theme Mi escuela/ My school. Children will get to know their teachers, classroom, classmates, centers and materials. We will emphasize in classroom rules and routine and  we will make games that help our children in their adaptation.

Words of the week:

Mi escuela- My school

Mi salon de clase- My classroom

Mis maestras- My teachers

Mis companeros- My peers

Las area- areas

Los materiales- materials

El parque- The playground

La cocina- The kitchen

La oficina-The office

Las reglas del salon- The classroom rules:

Special events:

*Monday, August 11- School closed due Teachers work day.

*Tuesday, August 12- First day of our new school year.

*Congratulations  Marisa on your  birthday.  Feliz cumpleanos!!!

Friendly reminders:

*Please complete and return your child’s profile included in the packet sent by email. If you need more copies we have available in the classroom, please let us know.  

*Please bring extra cloths and blanket for your child.

Room Parents:

Ashley Kirkman

Honey Patel

Thank you so much for volunteering!! We truly appreciate it!!!

welcome back families: Kirkman, Wright and Mount.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sincerely,

Ms iris and Ms Amparo

Week of August 4th – August 8th.

Dear Ositos Parents,

Next week is our last Summer camp week and we just want to say thank you to all of you for your support and for letting us enjoy with your child many different fun activities. We truly had an awesome time! Some of our Ositos will Stay with us this new school year, some of them are already  ready to go to Kindergarten, we feel so proud of our graduated students and we know you are going to do great in this new stage of life. Our best wishes for you and your wonderful families… We will miss you guys!!!

 Theme of the week:  “The Circus / El Circo”  

We are going to have a lot of fun learning about wild animals, clowns, dancers, and performing unforgettable shows like in a real Circus… It is going to be amazing!

Vocabulary:

The circus/el circo

The clown/el payaso

The elephant/el elefante

The lion/el león

The trapezist/el trapecista

The juggler/el malabarista

The tamer/el domador

The tent/la carpa

The tickets/los boletos.

Important Days: 

Wednesday 6^th: Meet and Greet, at 6.00 p.m.

Friday 8^th: Early released, we will closed  the school at 12.30 p.m.

Monday 11^th : Sff closed due Teacher’s workday

Tuesday 12^th : First day of new school year 2014-2015

Note:

Thank you so much to Miss Kenia who will be working with us during three more days until  Miss Iris is back from vacations, Thursday 7^th.  Once again Thank you Miss Kenia we really don’t want to let you go L… We love you and we will miss you so much!!! 

Have a great weekend!

Miss Iris