Mariquitas: Let´s Celebrate II

Classroom: MariquitasBlog Theme: Let´s CelebrateWeek: December 9th, 2019 to December 13th, 2019

What are we learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you are having a wonderful week. This week we will continue with our theme “Let’s celebrate.” Children will continue exploring holiday traditions.

Through practical actions, we keep enlightening kids about the significance of holiday traditions. We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme so children can continue learning through fun experiences. Each one of them 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:

· Listen to wonderful Santa stories.

· Playing with musical bottles.

· Dance to the rhythm of Christmas songs.

· Rehearse for the holiday party.

· Create a Christmas tree using recycled material.

· Prepare Christmas cookies.

· Paint using several colors while walking over a flipchart.

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

Holidays & Upcoming Events

· Santa Visit & Book Donation Week from Monday, December 16th, 2019 to Friday 20th, 2019.

· Glenwood Holiday Party on Friday, December 20^th, 2019.

· Christmas Eve on Tuesday, December 24^th, 2019. The school will be closed.

· Christmas Day on Wednesday, December 25^th, 2019. The school will be closed.

· New Year’s Eve on Tuesday, December 31^st, 2019. The school will be closed.

· New Year’s Day on Wednesday, January 1^st, 2020. The school will be closed.

Year-Round Activities

Student of the Week

Please make sure to sign up your child for this beautiful activity that runs from January to the rest of the school year!

As you know, every week, a child is given a set week that he/she is 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 and other interests. Parents will pick a day to present a banner to the classroom. 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'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.

· Make sure that your child has always TWO extra sets of clothing in his/her cubby.

· Bring appropriate clothing based on weather and label them with your child's name before placing them in his/her cubby.

· Remove clothing from the cubby and leave one set of clothing and a blanket for nap time.

· Take the blanket home on Fridays for laundry and bring it back on Monday.

· Bring diapers, wipes and rash ointment when needed. Do not forget to label them with your child's name.

· Fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when to use rash ointment.

o Supply ointments for your child.

o Label ointments with your child's name and store them in a fabric tote bag.

· Morning snack time is from 8:45 am till 9:10 am every day.

· Label bottles and food that you bring to preschool.

o Write your child's name and date.

o Place food or lunch box in the refrigerator or counter. If you leave the lunch box in the counter, make sure to put ice packs inside the lunch box.

· 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 winter - El invierno

· The gloves - Los guantes

Song of the Week - Tradiciones por mí

Aquí en mi hermoso país

Muchas tradiciones hay por mi

Y hoy yo te quiero contar

Lo que yo celebro en Sff!

4 de Julio

Memorial Day

Acción de gracias y Labor Day

Good Friday , Fall festival

Martin Luther King

Navidad, Año Nuevo y ahora

Vamos a repetir