Little Magicians & Clowns

Little Magicians & Clowns
August 5^th, 2019 to August 9^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 Magicians & Clowns. Children will enjoy exploring and discovering life in the circus. We would like to share with you a list of activities children will engage through the week by day.

Monday

·         Social-emotional development: identify unacceptable behaviors such as hitting, biting, etc. and work with children to handle those emotions.

·         Language development: read stories about animals in the circus.

·         Cognitive development: group objects by shape.

·         Fine motor development: tear paper of different colors from a circus tent.

·         Gross motor development: observe and mimic movements from circus animals. 

Tuesday

·         Social-emotional development: identity unacceptable behaviors such as hitting, biting, etc. and work with children to handle those emotions

·         Language development: discover a clown inside our surprise box and provide a brief description of a clown. 

·         Cognitive development: group objects by shape.

·         Fine motor development: paint using rolls.

·         Gross motor development: play with parachutes and build towers.

Wednesday & Thursday

·         Social-emotional development:  identify unacceptable behaviors such as hitting, biting, etc. and work with children to handle those emotions

·         Language development: sing the song “La Carita” and identify the parts of the face. 

·         Cognitive development: group plastic balls by color. 

·         Fine motor development: paint using different colors. 

·         Gross motor development: play with colorful parachutes. 

Friday

·         Enjoy our Summer Camp Party.

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.

Holidays & Upcoming Events

·         Crazy Hair Day on Monday, August 5^th, 2019.

·         Summer Camp Party on Friday, August 9th, 2019.

·         Summer Camp Last Day on Friday, August 9th, 2019.

·         Teacher Work Day on Monday, August 12th, 2019. Sff! will be closed.

·         Meet & Greet 2019-2020 on Tuesday, August 13th, 2019.

·         First Day of School Year 2019-2020 on Wednesday, August 14th, 2019.

·         Splash Days every Tuesday in the morning.

Summer Camp Dress Code

·         Bring a wig or a crazy hairdo for Monday, August 5^th, 2019.

·         Wear his/her favorite Circus costume for Friday, August 9^th, 2019 (Last Day of Summer Camp).

·         Always keep in your child’s cubby a summer hat.

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

·         Make sure to send a towel and a fabric 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.