My Community and Me

Classroom: Mariquitas

Blog Theme: My Community and Me

Week: From 11/19/2018 to 11/23/2018

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you are having a beautiful week.  This is our last week of the theme “My Community and Me”. Children will explore their surroundings and be also encouraged to be kind, nice and considerate to their neighbors and show respect to them.  

Through practical actions we keep enlightening kids about importance of being part of a neighborhood. We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme so children can continue learning through fun experiences.  Each one of these activities will help to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills. Below you can find a summary of all activities during the week:

• Observe flashcards of community helpers.

• Create a firefighter helmet with paper plates and paint it with red tempera.

• Create a turkey for Thanksgiving with paper of different colors.    

• Participate in games to keep kids engaged in groups.

• Listen to stories related to Thanksgiving.

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

Holidays & Upcoming Events

• Thanksgiving Day Celebration on Wednesday, November 21st, 2018.

• Thanksgiving Holiday on Thursday, November 22nd, 2018 and Friday, November 23rd, 2018. Spanish for fun! will be closed both days.

• Cary Book Fair from Monday, November 26th, 2018 to Friday, November 30th, 2018.  

Year-Round Activities

Student of the Week

Please make sure to sign up your child for this wonderful activity!

As you know, every week a child is given a set week that he/she are the student of the week. On Monday of their week the student of the week should bring a poster and a book created with family pictures, favorite books, sports/hobbies, animals or anything they are interested in. Also, on their week parents and the student of the week may pick a day to present the poster and the book to the class. The student of the week may also bring favorite toys and books to school so they can share with classmates.

Sign up today! Sign-up sheets are available at the entrance of the classroom.

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 Tote 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 and drop it in the kitchen. Please keep in mind we are a nut free environment.

• 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.

Star Words of the Week

• The turkey - El pavo

• The pumpkin - La calabaza