Little Creators & Builders

Little Creators & Builders
July 22^nd, 2019 to July 26^th, 2019

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you are having a good week. We continue learning and having so much fun at our Summer Camp. This week they will learn to be little Creators & Builders. They will continue using their creativity through flashcards and games.  We would like to share with you a list of activities children will engage through the week by day.

Monday

·         Social-emotional development: enjoy a puppet play “Para que sirven mis pies”. This play will help us approach the subject of gentle discipline regarding using feet to kick friends.

·         Language development: describe an animal toy.

·         Cognitive development: give a bath to the toy animal. 

·         Fine motor development: build towers with recycled boxes. 

·         Gross motor development: crawl, jump and walk following instructions given by the teacher. 

Tuesday

·         Social-emotional development: enjoy stories. 

·         Language development: listen to animal sounds while identifying animal images. 

·         Cognitive development: do puzzles.  

·         Fine motor development: paint with Crayola.  

·         Gross motor development: push boxes of different sizes in the backyard.

Wednesday

·         Social-emotional development: enjoy a puppet play and stories. 

·         Language development: listen to animal sounds and mimic them.

·         Cognitive development: group objects by color.  

·         Fine motor development: create a painting using plastic bottles as painting rollers.  

·         Gross motor development: mimic animals moving.

Thursday

·         Social-emotional development: enjoy stories. 

·         Language development: listen to animal sounds and identify animals. 

·         Cognitive development: walk over a sensory field created by teachers with sensory elements.    

·         Fine motor development: paint with our feet.

·         Gross motor development: play bowling with recycled bottles.   

Friday

·         Social-emotional development: enjoy stories. 

·         Language development: listen to sounds in our environment.

·         Cognitive development: group objects by color.  

·         Fine motor development: play with homemade dough.  

·         Gross motor development: run through obstacles and doing a bicycle with our feet.

It will definitely be a fun learning week! Thank you again for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.

 

Materials for Weekly Activities

·         Bring your child’s favorite animal toy for Monday, July 22^nd, 2019. It should be a plastic toy that can go in the water.

·         Bring an empty shoebox for Tuesday, July 23^rd, 2019.

·         Donation of plastic bottles and plastic lids are welcome. If you have at home, please bring them on Monday. 

Holidays & Upcoming Events

·         Summer Craft Day from Wednesday, July 24^th, 2019 to Friday, July 26^th, 2019.

o    Wednesday - Recycled Bottles

o    Thursday - Nature elements

o    Friday - Recycled Lids

·         Splash Days every Tuesday in the morning.

Summer Camp Dress Code

·         Always keep in your child’s cubby a pair of glasses and a summer hat.

·         Have your child wear swimsuit, swim diapers and water shoes for Splash Day.

·         Make sure to send a towel and a tote bag for wet items. Label and pack all these items in the tote bag.

Friendly Reminders

·         Wash your hands and your child's 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 sets 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.

·         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 tote bag.

·         Have your child wear swimsuit, splashers or swim diapers and water shoes for Splash Day. Make sure to send a towel and a tote bag for wet items. Label and pack all these items in the tote bag.